Do Schools Kill Creativity?
(Reflections of Ken Robinson's TedTalk video)
“We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national educational systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make - and the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities.”
Ken Robinson
There are so many cases when I see the teachers who are more considered about the papers, reports than the actual students. They already forgot about them and think there is nothing we can change in education system.
In his TedTalk video prominent educator Ken Robinson thinks the opposite. He belives first and foremost we need to reconsider the changing of our schools sysems and to take into account such aspects as creativity and multiple intellegences.
Every day I tell myself that I do not want to be like a teacher who always complains and does nothing. My present goal is to be a leader in education and long-term goal is to establish an education organization in Almaty that will train the teachers.
I truly believe that education system of our country is not a Death Valley because we still have a chance to transform it if we set the right conditions and give new possibilities to teachers.
Good for you. You are clearly considering the whole child and the whole teacher - much like Ken Robinson.
ReplyDeleteThnak you, Monica! He is the one who inspires and makes me more determined in teaching.
DeleteI really love his idea, that making mistakes is not wrong and even necessary in order not to kill creativity in us. It is very similar to what Diana Laufenberg speaks about in her TED speech "How to learn? from mistakes. You can watch it here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-learn-from-mistakes-diana-laufenberg
ReplyDeleteOlga, your idea resonates with me so much, because mostly people think that failure and success are opposite, you may either success or fail. And when you explain them that the failure is a crucial part of success they get stuck:) Many thanks for the link, I'd definetely watch it tonight.
DeleteI agree! I think we should focus more on allowing kids to be creative with the way they learn.
ReplyDeleteAssem, I agree that schools do kill creativity. With schools focusing more on the curriculum the students do not have the opportunity to express themselves. -Shannon & Chelsea
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