“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”
– Albert Einstein
Mission
Mission: to develop creative and social learners using an arts-based interdisciplinary curriculum encouraging aesthetics, creativity, adaptability, and intuitive thinking while gaining insight and knowledge.
Goals
We hope to:
innovate – create new ideas
challenge – engage in creative problem solving
broaden – learn outside the ordinary
embrace – mistakes and solutions
Process
What will we develop?
aesthetic – pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
sensation – the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses
perception – immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment
insight – an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding
Learning Environment
We hope to create a learning environment built with:
- Love for learning
- Personal ownership and accountability
- Constructivism: the theory that life experiences are our best learning tools
- Social interaction
- High expectations
- Intrinsic reward
Leornian Creative School 