2008 全球創造力論壇高峰會議論壇手冊
2008 World Creativity Summit program (PDF)

sponsored by the
World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE)
Member organizations: InSEA, ISME, and IDEA

Host organization: International Society for Education through Art (InSEA)
Summit Director : Dr. Ann Cheng Shiang Kuo, President InSEA
Summit Venues : Taipei Museum of Fine Art, and
Institute of the Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
Languages : English and Chinese

WAAE Joint Declaration
We believe that today’s knowledge-based, post-industrial societies require citizens with confident flexible intelligences, creative verbal and non-verbal communication skills, abilities to think critically and imaginatively, intercultural understandings and an empathetic commitment to cultural diversity.

The platform for the WAAE has been established with 3 legs represented by 3 working groups:
• Research
• Advocacy
• Networking

Summit 2008 General Goals
1. To contribute to the establishment the World Creativity Summit as an effective program of the WAAE.

2. To contribute to our understanding of human creativity in the arts in relation to contemporary education, business, society, and culture.

3. To stimulate and develop strategic partnerships and international projects that further the goals of the WAAE and its organizational members: InSEA, IDEA, and ISME.

Summit Objectives
1.To explore concepts of creativity in the arts and the roles of the arts in education.

2. To explore relationships among the creative arts, arts education, and public policy with particular focus on the preparation of arts teachers.

3. To explore the social, economic, and cultural potentials of the arts and arts education from local, regional, and global perspectives.

4. To establish working groups on Research, Advocacy, and Networking that will design and develop a 2-year agenda for WAAE.

Themes:
To relate arts education to contemporary social themes and apply its knowledge in any way(s) that are appropriate to one or all of the themes: water, home, identity, employment.