What we do?
The Framework for Inspiring Inventiveness is a set of resources, developed by Opal School and Project Zero, that helps learning communities seeking to prioritize inventiveness. Find the resources at
opalschool.org/inspiring-inventiveness
Why we do it?
In this time of massive environmental, political, cultural, technological, and economic change, prioritizing children’s inventiveness is a critical pedagogical shift. Children are unlikely to emerge as innovators - as "super-encounterers", to use Pagan Kennedy's phrase - if their teachers see their work as bureaucrats, delivering scripts written by others. Learning communities seeking to prioritize inventiveness are, themselves, engaging in an act of invention: they recognize a need in the world, design a response to that need, and bring into existence a novel solution.
These resources support that pedagogical transformation.
