Round table: what's the point of creativity in the classroom?

As part of a special supplement on the importance of creativity and culture in education, participants in a round table discussion underlined how creativity is something that pervades all aspects of the curriculum, not just those areas thought of as 'creative' subjects. Creativity is a way of life, and is vital to the learning process, whatever the content of the lesson. Presents a transcript of the discussion, in which participants explored how to develop the skills to teach in this way, and the space to allow creativity to take place. (Quotes from original text)