Surely it's because you can't include something so nondescript as creativity as a requirement for school learners? I mean, (and please understand, I'm talking about 95% of children here) you can say children can be expected and encouraged to learn, or to go to school, maybe even partake in some physical activity too, but can you say they have to exhibit some form of creativity?? What about if you're not creative? Creativity is something you may blessed with, and something that can be assessed, possibly, if you don't work well with other forms of assessment. It shouldn't be a requirement of the education system in this country, and that is probably why the white paper (errs on the side of caution) and doesn't mention it. Anyway, a national policy on education is a silly idea anyway.. That's a different argument though! ;)
Tom
Surely it's because you can't include something so nondescript as creativity as a requirement for school learners? I mean, (and please understand, I'm talking about 95% of children here) you can say children can be expected and encouraged to learn, or to go to school, maybe even partake in some physical activity too, but can you say they have to exhibit some form of creativity?? What about if you're not creative? Creativity is something you may blessed with, and something that can be assessed, possibly, if you don't work well with other forms of assessment. It shouldn't be a requirement of the education system in this country, and that is probably why the white paper (errs on the side of caution) and doesn't mention it. Anyway, a national policy on education is a silly idea anyway.. That's a different argument though! ;)