Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is a creativity expert and author of The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, a deep look at human creativity and education.
In one of the most popular TedTalks distributed, Do schools kill creativity?, Sir Robinson makes a compelling argument that our current educational system undermines children’s creativity.
“…kids will take a chance. If they don’t know, they’ll have a go. Am I right? They’re not frightened of being wrong. Now, I don’t mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong.
…And the result is, we are educating people out of their creative capacities.”
Robinson also raises many questions about what will happen if educational systems do not support or acknowledge multiple types of intelligence, like dance, music, and drama, and instead ignore or stigmatize individuals who have intellectual strengths in the creative arts.
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TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a small nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Check out TED for a number of entertaining and enlightening talks on creativity, education, and play!
What experiences do you hope your child to have as they advance in school? Do you think your school district does enough to encourage creative arts?
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