Eleven signature pedagogies related to the fostering of creativity and critical thinking

Abstract

This chapter presents eleven signature pedagogies that are aligned with the OECD rubrics on creativity and critical thinking and could inspire schools and teachers on how to nurture their students’ creativity and critical thinking in mathematics, science, visual arts, music and interdisciplinary projects. Signature pedagogies refer to structured pedagogical models that can be applied to pedagogical activities, projects or education as such. They go beyond pedagogical techniques that all teachers should master in addition to conventional teaching based on lecturing. Some of those pedagogies have been used by the country teams participating in the OECD project.