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CLPL/CPD Training for educators

We also offer communication, inclusive & equitable practice & public engagement training for researchers, scientists & science communicators. Get in touch direct to find out more about this.

Our training for educators (teachers, early year and community learning and development practitioners) focuses on three different levels, tailoring for different contexts and needs.

1) Interdisciplinary Activities: Sharing different hands-on activities linking science, music and arts creatively, relevant in formal and informal education contexts and also sharing our experience in diverse community, youth and additional support need settings.

2) Interdisciplinary Strategies: Sharing and putting into practice our approach of exploring STEM, health and wellbeing through movement, traditional dance and expressive arts.

3) Interdisciplinary Understanding: Exploring questions on the research around the science of learning, creativity and health and wellbeing (particularly from a neuroscience perspective) to have better understanding of this in practice.

We will also provide take-away resources building on both of these components with further examples, support and reading, and have some active reflection encouraging teachers to plan how they might be able to embed these strategies and understandings into practice in their schools. Get in touch if you’re interested in finding out more about training offer.

Upcoming training events

Dynamic Earth’s Creative Science free online course - module on the neuroscience of creativity & interdisciplinary strategies.

This is a very engaging teaching approach - it combines activity, practice and learning new things in one session!
— Teacher Feedback at the UHI Inverness CLPL Session 2017
Full Report Downloadable Here.

Full Report Downloadable Here.

Previous training events

March 2022 - National Museums Scotland - Presentation skills workshop

January 2020 - Edinburgh - “Power of Music” STEM and creative music training session.

Spring 2019 - East Lothian - CLPL training Youth Music Initiative.

November 2019 - Moray House - Interdisciplinary learning for sustainability

September 2019 - Dundee - STEM in the Community - CLPL for CLD Practitioners

July 2019 - Lanarkshire and Paisley - STEM Academy “Supporting IDL with STEM, Arts and Movement”

June 2019 - Midlothian Council CLD STEM - “MUSE- Exploring STEAM with additional supports needs” “STEM and young people”

June 2019 - Primary Science Education Conference (Edinburgh) - “Explore STEM through dance and arts”

March 2019 - Moray House PGDE Primary Guest Lecture & Workshop (Edinburgh, Moray House)

March 2019 - ASE Scotland Conference - Exploring the brain and STEM through the arts

February 2019 - Highland STEM Conference - “Neuroscience for teachers” and “Supporting IDL with STEM, Arts and Movement”

January 2019 - Creative & Interdisciplinary STEM (Edinburgh, with RAiSE Scotland & Dynamic Earth)

July 2018 - Moray House Secondary PGDE Students Training Event

July 2018 - STEAM Conference, Malta, Keynote & Teacher Workshop

June 2018 - East Lothian Council Youth Music Initiative - CLPL for music practitioners

March 2018 - Badaguish UHI Primary PGDE training residential

September 2017 - UHI Inverness Primary Teachers

June 2017 - Festival of Education Workshop Session