Lynn D. Newton

Abstract

Lynn D. Newton, MA(Ed.), PhD., is a lecturer and researcher at Durham University and she is also the Head of the School of Education. Her academic interests relate to teaching and learning in primary schools, particularly in the areas of science education and in how to encourage learners to understand and think creatively about science. She was one of the Durham authors of the report for the Durham Commission for Creativity in Education (James et al, 2019) and is involved in the second phase of the Commission’s work, currently underway. She has published a number of books and papers on creativity over the past decade or so, including Creativity for a New Curriculum: 5-11 (Newton, ed., 2012), that addressed the challenges of thinking about creativity in all disciplines of the National Curriculum for England, not just in the arts subjects.