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PLENARIA 2
GRAN DIAMANTE
Rosalía Valero
Creativity: light bulbs, sparks, flashes, and classrooms
Rosalía Valero
Cambridge English Language Assessment
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
Albert Einstein
The world is changing really quickly and that’s one of the main reasons why creativity is more important than
ever.
In education, creativity has been hailed as a 21 st century skill, but... Have a look at the list of creative sectors.
What’s missing?
Advertising and marketing
Architecture
Crafts
Design: product, graphic and fashion design
Film, TV, video, radio and photography
IT, software and computer services
Publishing
Museums, galleries and libraries
Music, performing and visual arts
If you said “Education”, you’re absolutely right! Isn’t education about shaping the minds and lives of the
people who are creating our future?
Let’s talk about light bulbs, sparks, flashes and our classrooms. Let’s talk about creativity.
“There's no use trying,” Alice said: “one CAN'T believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven't had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-
hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Rosalía Valero is Senior Assessment Services Manager – Americas at Cambridge English Language
Assessment. She holds an MSc in Teaching English from the University of Aston, UK. Her main professional
interests are Professional Development, the digital educator, ELT management, Lexicography, and Gender
Issues.