Hello friends
Please take a 20 minutes break to see the following video - Ken Robinson has AMAZING INSIGHTS about the way we’re educating our children , which correlates wonderful with my TALENT THOUGHTS & MODELS.
About this Talk (from TED’s site):
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. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online. A typical review: “If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, please stop whatever you’re doing and watch it now.”
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O.
6 responses so far ↓
Dan // Oct 28, 2007 at 6:43
great speech. watch it.
Dan
Dan // Nov 1, 2007 at 5:53
Go look for more of his lecture.
1. they are full of innovative ideas.
2. they are very funny.
Dan
Monica W. Blanga // Feb 2, 2008 at 16:11
At last someone who managed to put in a few words my frustration from the education system!
Thanks for the hilarious moment which have brought me great inspiration.
Monica W. Blanga,CPA
Ami G. // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:20
Sir Ken Robinson lecture really makes one think about the future of our children. In many social situations you’ll hear people asking and others bragging about their degree. Is the MA diploma that hangs on the wall so everyone can see; is what makes one talented in what he’s doing? Every day we meet talented people who can outrun those graduates in creativity, innovation thinking and talent. The packing does not necessarily indicate on the box content.
There is nothing new in what Sir Ken Robinson said as well as I don’t think I said anything worth quoting but I believe that most of us fall into this trap. If you’ll ask people what they prefer, having no talent but graduate a known school or rather have tons of talent but with no diploma to hang on the wall, most of them will prefer the diploma because they know this is what they will be judged by.
Unfortunately we will pass on this to our children and they will do so to theirs. It seems that there is no way to break this path. Personally I lost fate in the education system when my kid (diagnosed as ADHD) and is a very artistic and talented, couldn’t take arts as his major because this would require him to also graduate in another class (which of obvious reasons was out of his reach). In the end he had to take the Geography class (how much good will this would do him in his adult life) because this was the only one in his school available for children with learning difficulties. Lucky for him (so I hope) my wife and I keep reinforcing him and emphasizing his artistic skills and talents.
Wu Fei // Feb 17, 2009 at 5:17
killing creativity is the nature of the school education. School is the kind of organization utilize the limited social education resources to cater most of the people inside the society.
Meanwhile, the society needs variety of people since 80% of the people need to implement the great idea of the 20%.
Anyway, it is a great speech!
Sharon // Jul 13, 2009 at 6:28
I also loved this video. As a former music educator, I have felt my share of frustration when the arts are considered an “extra class”. “Isn’t it NICE that we can offer these art and music classes in our school? ” I had zero credibility with the four different principals I worked for. Now I do Dropout Prevention and because of NCLB, lowering the dropout rate is a MUST. Funny how my voice now has credibility . . . same voice as the music teacher - hmmm.
However, I want to also add that beating up Public Schools is just too easy; a simplification of what is really a society paradigm. The society, which includes our businesses and universities creates the “chase the golden diploma” paradigm which in turn dictates what states insist their public schools require. There are definintely an abundance of mind-numbing, take a pound-of-flesh teachers - I consider these the ones that are tellers and control-freaks, not educators and they should be weeded out by administrators (if they would show some balls). BUT many teachers are dedicated, creative souls that create safe and wonderful envirionments for their students, especially the sensitive and creatives. Rather than turn their backs on the educational system, perhaps the creatives of the world can work inside out and outside in to create the next generation of education. Just keep in mind that all decisions are not being made on the inside when it comes to what can and cannot be done in our schools.
I also love Benjamin Zander’s video on TED.
Thanks for listening Opher - sorry for rambling!
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