house of imagination
Chippenham
House of Imagination provides a range of spaces for children and young people to
collaborate with creative professionals -it is a home for improvisation,
creativity and innovation and a place to make those things visible to an
international audience through research. House of Imagination (HOI) is a
research organisation with a focus on children’s and young people’s creative and
critical thinking. In practice HOI uses action research to plan and deliver
innovative programmes that enable children to shape their lives through creative
activity and schools to change their practices through professional development
and school-based activity. At its heart is co-enquiry between children, teachers
and creative professionals. HOI is driven by a desire for change in both
children’s lives and in schools, focusing on an exploration of the possibilities
that creativity offers. Children need more opportunities to develop their
creativity and to experiment and teachers need more support to integrate these
skills. Through research and dissemination HOI provides evidence for change and
helps to build a strong cultural ecology that in turn supports children, schools
and creative professionals.
