Do schools today kill creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize - much less cultivate - the talents of many brilliant people.
Some Quotes:
"We are educating people out of their creativity"
"Children are not afraid to be wrong. Allow me to say that being wrong is the same as being creative. What we do know is that if you are not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with something original. By the time children become adults they are frightened to be wrong"
"All educational systems came into being to meet the need of industrialism"
"Many highly talented, brilliant highly creative people think they are not. Because they think what they were good at at school wasn't valued or was actually stigmatised. And I think we can't afford to go on that way"
posted by Bene at 3:04 PM
2 Comments:
I had a post about his speech a couple of months back. It seemed like people are not very interested in the subject (contrary to what he is claiming…) which was a slight disappointment.
You might like this movie as well.
I know that it’s not directly connected but maybe our general approach and view of life (like in this movie) is just being reflected in our education system…
I absolutely loved the TED talk on this issue. Discovered it through Yavor, thanks for that! ;-)
I think Robinson has a couple of great, very true thoughts on this.
Hope you had a safe trip home from Lithuania, Bene dear? :-)
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