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CREATIVE
CITIES Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Oct. 13, 2011
CREATIVE
CITIES
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Standard Timing
(revised)
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Time
3:10-3:15 3:15-3:20 3:20-3:30 3:30-3:35 3:35-4:00 4:00-4:10 4:10-5:00
Activity
Quiz Peer Grading Group Discussion Questions/Answers Announce Selected Question to Class Discuss Questions in Class Break Discuss Questions in Class
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Quiz Seating
Front of Room 1 2
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Quiz Questions
CREATIVE
CITIES 1. The skill clusters identified are
analytical
,
physical
, and what?
2. Name one of the city cluster types that is associated with higher productivity and income.
3. In
Ontario in the Creative Age,
Ontario must harness the
what
of all Ontarians?
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Grading Process
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CITIES • • • • Switch within group (#) – – NOT each other All pass left or right “Graded By” Quiz Answers – 2 points completely correct – – 1 point “mostly” correct 4 points for reasonable exam question Total Score Upper Left
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Quiz Answers
CREATIVE
CITIES 1. The skill clusters identified are analytical, physical, and what?
Social Intelligence
2. Name one of the city cluster types that is associated with higher productivity and income.
Engineering, Building, Enterprising, or Making
3. In
Ontario in the Creative Age,
Ontario must harness the
what
of all Ontarians?
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Pick Your Favourite Question
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Within your group CITIES Discuss each question Pick group’s favourite – Your selection makes it eligible for use – Mark with a big star Person never announced before – Announce selected question Turn in all cards before break
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Break
10 Minutes
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Selected Questions
And Answers
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Selected Questions
CREATIVE
CITIES • • • From “Ontario in the Creative Age”, explain the phrase “the rise of creativity is a double edged sword”.
Why has Ontario fallen behind its peers in terms of talent and technology?
What is the challenge for economies in the creative age and what are some of the policies that should be undertaken.
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Selected Questions
CREATIVE
CITIES • Give three examples of occupations which require both high analytical and social skill levels.
• What are the three broad skill types and how are they related to region size, wage, and productivity?
• Explain the concept of the mega-region and why this new type of “spatial fix” makes investment in infrastructure so important.
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Selected Questions
CREATIVE
CITIES • • What are the four sets of actions needed to drive economic growth in Ontario as described in “Ontario in the Creative Age”?
Why can’t you measure creativity through education? What are the implications?
• Explain why having analytical and social intelligence skills is preferable to physical skills and provide examples of occupations that require those first two skill types.
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Selected Questions
CREATIVE
CITIES • According to Gabe, Abel, et al., clustering in certain occupational sectors has a positive correlation to earnings while in other sectors clustering has a negative correlation with earnings. What reasons to they give for the phenomenon? What other factors might be involved?
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