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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Author: Matt29 Oct
I found this through a discussion at work:
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. Source
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8 Responses for "Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?"
SOME SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY IN LARGER CITIES. MOST WHO TEACH ARE CONCENTRATING ON KIDS IN THE WRONG AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO SHOWING THEM MORE. ITS LIKE WHATS IN THE SCHOOL BOOK IS ALL THEIR IS AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, EXCEPT ONES PAYCHECK. CREATIVITY IS’NT THEIR TO SHOW OTHERS.
All schools care about is statistics, they don’t care whether the person is a well formed individual. Teachers have no rights with the children, they have no respect and are underpaid.
The school system helped me, the things I read now I just thank god I got out in time.
I love stumbleupon! that’s how I found this video & I couldn’t agree more with the speaker. -xo.
While I understand that for the most part schools were created to initiate young workers into the Industrial Revolution, I resent the overarching comments that ALL schools and ALL teachers actively quell creativity. I am a high school English teacher who spends most of my time trying to draw my students’ creativity out of them through writing, reading and responding personally with one another. I know I care about whether the individual is well formed.
Alison, thank you for your comment and for giving a thoughtful response to this video.
What kind of pressure exists at schools nowadays? Are you actively told to focus more on grades than engaging pupils?
This is so true. I think ADHD is such crap. Seriously.. Just because a child is excited and has to move, people would put him on drugs and tell him to calm down. That’s just promoting drugs and suppressing their minds. So true so true.. I grew up in a United States public school system, but I still turned out fine. It also depends on the child themselves.. Me and my 4 best friends have been virtually going to the same school for 12 years, and we all turned out smarter than average.
I love the ideas presented. The address generates many questions. Most importantly what is the goal of public education? My experience is that private schools have addressed this question, their marketing on Tertiary Entrance Rates shows their objective. By making it clear what the schools objective is allows them to poor resources into the area that they want to be the leader. The public education system is constrained by the notion that it must deliver for all people, all things, at the cheapest cost. Not sure if that should be the objective.
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