The ignite page is an attempt to breathe some life into a dialogue with the world about curiosity and imagination. Rather than just give an account of the life of Curious Planet and ask for feedback, I would like to invite you to take a journey of exploration and inquiry into how we can support curiosity and creativity to thrive across the world.
I would like to
set up a 21st Century version of the Scouts/Guides etc. So I have put
together description of an Inquisitive Beast to describe young people
who are aged 5 - 18, and who show resourcefulness, invention and
curiosity. I would be interested in hearing from adults who work with
children about how they might use the Inquisitive Beast scheme to
support their work in this area.
- Someone who explores the unknown (not just geographically - this could be a feeling based or internal inspection, finding out about others or researching the past
- Someone who makes friends with new people who have different skills to them (could be someone from a different culture, age group or skill base). Warning - always tell your parents if you are making contact with people who you don't know
- Someone who takes ordinary things and makes them extraordinary (this could be taking a new approach to getting to school, working with your teachers to set up your classrooms in new and exciting ways, inventing something that will help you with your chores)
- Someone who ask questions about areas where they feel others might benefit (this might be investigating ways to help younger children with their reading, or building a presentation for your school and community about health issues for young people)
- Someone who wants to learn new skills across a range of subjects, and who has the discipline to practice and the desire to be an ambassador for curiosity to other young people
- Someone who likes to hear about new ideas and to offer new ideas
Curious Planet believes that the rise of Inquisitive Beasts will:
- Help communities be more tolerant towards each other
- Result in more innovation and invention among young people
- Re-brand young people as participants and contributors to the success of society
- Have a positive impact on the interaction of young people with schools and other age groups
- Build a generation of outward looking and socially responsible people\
- Improve understanding of self-determination and therefore aspiration and direction in young people who live in the more deprived areas of the UK
- Provoke a curious and imaginative society who use the arts to resolve and support society