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Do schools kill creativity?

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Sir Ken Robinson, PhD

Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally-renowned expert in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education, especially the use of drama and theatre. He has served as advisor to a succession of high-profile public and private organizations - including governments, the European Commission, and Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. His latest book is Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative. He is working on "Catalyzing Creativity", a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas on innovation and creativity in business.

This is a 20 min video from TED conference (www.ted.com) Jan 7, 2007 re the importance of teaching creativity in schools as a way of approaching the uncertainty of our present, and future, times.

See video

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creativity in school

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 16:57.

"Creativity is as important now in education as literacy" - I couldn't agree more.

I was lucky enough to go to a high school that emphasized the arts and I saw kids around me with massive amounts of creativity and unconventional learning styles flourish. Those kids went on to do great things as adults. This didn't take away from our academic learning at all, but added another dimension, endowing us with the confidence to impact the world creatively throughout our lives.

I use both conventional and unconventional learning styles and would like to point out that it's not just kids who can't sit still or who learn differently who need creativity at school - we all do. Whether we struggle with the system or not, we could all do with a little encouragement to "draw God" or dance to the radio in the evaluation room while we're learning how to interact with the world.

It's not enough just to understand. The problems of the present and future require creativity. We need friendly, dynamic interactions between straight-up understanding and creative approaches.

 

What a Great Speaker!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/03/2010 - 23:27.

How wonderful it would be to have an education system for cultivating diversity and creativity..... instead of just productivity.

Thank you for posting this in your magazine.

E.Z.

 

 

 

This video is fantastic. 

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 20:22.

This video is fantastic.  I've seen it before and every time I watch it, it's healing.  To think of all that untapped potential in the world...  How can we help to change the education system?

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