5x5x5 in practice

• introduction
• in the classroom
• distinctive features
• evaluation
• professional development
• AND
• refocus network
• Earlyarts

distinctive features

Within our growing research community, we are able to value idiosyncratic practice and diverse lines of enquiry in pursuit of creative values, dispositions, environments and relationships, underpinned by distinctive features:

• 'research as a habit of mind' (Peter Moss)
• choice and control in learning: democracy and participation
• role of play and creative thinking: working alongside artists
• respect for ideas: dialogic and social interaction
• a 'pedagogy of listening' (Carlina Rinaldi) and careful observation
• space, time and attention to develop ideas
• integrated professional development: creative reflective cycle
• partnerships in critical enquiry: creative learning communities
• 'environments of encounter' (Mary Jane Drummond), thought and care
• mutual trust and purposeful risk taking

'Learning itself is a subject for constant research, and as such must be made visible.'

Carlina Rinaldi

'5x5x5 research informs both practice and policy and has implications for pedagogy, learning, staff partnerships and the curriculum.'

Anna Craft, 2006