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	Background
	The CREATIVE PEDAGOGY has been in ongoing development since 1983. It was developed by Áine Burke of CREATE -an Irish artist, media producer/ director and facilitator in creative development, who has been directing workshops and creating learning materials in this field since 1982. At the core of a pedagogy for facilitating creativity is a CREATIVE PEDAGOGY which involves three stages: explore articulate express. The first stage - and the one essential to begin a creative journey - is EXPLORE. In EXPLORE, we use the skills of perception, sensing, awareness, dreams, observation and imagination to journey with an idea or story in any form. EXPLORE gives us time to play and voyage into new terrains. We can travel in all directions and experience new perspectives and all sorts of emotions. In EXPLORE we are gods and goddesses; creating new worlds through our imagination and dreams. This is a time where everything is a possibility - the only thing that constrains us is the time we allow for this activity. The second stage in the CREATIVE PEDAGOGY is ARTICULATE. This involves the skills of defining what we have explored, pinpointing the idea/s we want to develop and developing the ways we want to express them. The idea/s are expanded on by researching and collating further information and content (eg, photos, recordings etc). Once we know what content we want to work with, we can decide on the format of expression: whether it will be a song, essay, music, painting, drama, new garden etc. Then we research and develop know-how or craft in that format, learning to work with the tools it is associated with. The third stage is EXPRESS. This is where we utilize all the skills we have previously learnt in order to completely tell a story or orchestrate an idea. Content and format information are combined. This stage involves form crafts and skills, production and management skills - how to manage time, existing abilities and resources to fulfil our vision and express it as full as possible to an audience. Production phases here include pre-production, production and post-production. Reflection on what we have expressed develops an awareness for the possibilities for new ideas and improvement on methodologies and work practises for the next project. Once you have applied the process to one project you can improve in it over and over until you adapt your own creative process which suits your character and creative expression. Creative Learning Software based on this approach and aimed at children and adults is in development. back to top