An Education System that Nurtures Creativity
We’re Educating People OUT of Creativity
Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences.
“We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance. Robinson’s TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? “Everyone should watch this.”
Funny, Profound and Entertaining
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.
This is a 20 minute video, so settle back when you have the time - it is so well worth the viewing!
Little Girl whose Now a Multi-Millionaire
One of the most extraordinary parts is about the little girl who couldn’t sit still in class - they thought she had a learning disorder. Turns out - well, she’s someone quite famous. You’ll just have to watch this for yourself!
Enjoy! Tell me what YOU think!
Great post! Which is why I always encourage parents to look into Waldorf education! Heavy on the arts, but more importantly, respects and nurtures children’s creative sight from very early on . An informative site: http://www.whywaldorfworks.org
You have a GREAT site here! Learning lot’s already!!! thanks for all you do!
Wendy, this was wonderful and I just place a post on my Facebook page with a link to the talk and also a link to your Art Mentor site. Thank you so much. My daughter is an assistant principal at an elementary school. I want her to send this video around to people in our state of Georgia and see if we can get school administrators started thinking of what kind of education we need to give our children. I loved this. Thank you so much.
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