THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1977
IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY STRESSED
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THERE IS A GROWING AWARENESS AMONG SCHOOLS THAT CREATIVITY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT IN THE CURRICULUM AS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND THAT ART AND DESIGN IN ALL ITS MANY FACETS IS A VITAL AND FUNDAMENTAL FORM OF HUMAN EXPRESSION.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE GRADUATION EXHIBITION BY STUDENTS OF THE THIRD YEAR COURSE IN ART AND DESIGN OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION THIS AFTERNOON, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER), MR. JOHN WINFIELD EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE EXHIBITION AT THE COLLEGE WOULD HELP TO STRENGTHEN THIS GROWING AWARENESS.
MR. WINFIELD SAID THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION HAD BECOME ESTABLISHED AS A MAJOR ANNUAL EVENT IN THE COLLEGE CALENDAR.
+EQUALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK, IS THE FACT THAT THE EXHIBITION SERVES AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO SCHOOLS.
+AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN BY TRADITION A VERY HEAVY EMPHASIS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, VERY OFTEN, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CREATIVE FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN NATURE (THOUGH OF COURSE I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOME NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS), HE SAID.
THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HAS A WELL-DESERVED REPUTATION FOR THE HIGH STANDARD OF ITS ART AND DESIGN COURSES.
+THIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AS THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF ENDEAVOUR AND CREATIVE EXPERIMENTATION ON THE PART OF SUCCESSIVE GROUPS OF LECTURERS AND STUDENTS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID.
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