This is one of the best speeches I have ever listened to about education and the importance of creativity in education.
It's hilarious but also extremely interesting. Among many things and anecdotes, it explains case of a highly kinesthetic girl at school Gillian Lynne, a well-known coreographer (Cats, Phantom of the Opera), who was diagnosed a learning disorder at school. You can also read about her story in the English wikipedia.
I absolutely agree with Mr Ken Robinson about the need to reshape the educational system which nowadays is still placing too much emphasis on the logico-mathematical, and linguistic intelligences.
It reminded me of Rita Dunn's motto: "If the child is not learning the way you're teaching, then you must teach the way s/he learns."
It reminded me of Rita Dunn's motto: "If the child is not learning the way you're teaching, then you must teach the way s/he learns."
Comment what you think about this video. Do you agree with Ken Robinson? Do you know any kinesthetic students? ....
What did you find most surprising/ shocking/ interesting/ amusing? ....
What did you find most surprising/ shocking/ interesting/ amusing? ....
23 comments:
I agree with Mr Ken Robinson. The educational system focuses on the mathematics and lenguage, but the children need developed their artistic intelligent.
I think that the creativity is one of the most important things on our lives. It's like an escape for express yourself and forget the things that don't like you or your troubles, and only be free.
I'm agree with mireia, this society gives more importance to science than the arts. One of the things that I liked it was that nowaday is frowned upon mistake, he is absolutely right. We have to improve for the good of all!!
For my opinion I think that education is fundamental in the world to understand, communicate, work ... He also believes it would have to remove a series of subjects and spend much more time on other more important (English), since it is the universal language around the world.
Nothing more to say. I'm absolutely agree with everyone. I've realized that I've lost a big part of the creativity I had when I was a chid and I suppose many are thinking like me.
You might be right Delia, but being aware of it is the first step to make up for it and do something about it. There are many ways to develop our creativity, cooking for example, and many others... ;)
One of my favourite anecdotes is when he explains the case of that little girl who is drawing a picture of God and the teacher tells her "but nobody knows what God looks like?!" and she says: "They will in a minute" :D I thought that was brilliant!
Really, I don't find nothing else to add. Only, only without imagination is nothing in the world would be to investigate possible because even remotely serious thing needs someone to occur what he sould to do to experience. Besides, without imaginaciion the human world and its creation would be gray and colorless (literally).
I agree with Mr Ken Robinson. I think the creativity is very important in our life and it also helps us to go on and improve our knowledge.
I agree with the video. Personally, I have always felt like linguistic subjects teach us useless things in the long run; teaching us how to speak and write properly should be enough. Also, we should have more freedom to decide what subjects we should do, so we can focus more on our preferences. Of course, there are some must-have subjects: Maths, P.E., Science, Geography are the ones that come off the top of my head.
I completely agree with Mr. Ken. The education system nowadays is still a couple of hundred years late. It was made on the Industrial Revolution back in the 17th century. People were taught to move and operate the machines of factories. They were soulless bored workers doing things in auto-mode without any hope. Now we are freer and have more freedom of expression, especially with the global intercom that has arrived in our generation.
I agree with opinion of Mr. Ken Robinson. I think it’s right about creativity, on schools they rule out most of the possibilities that a child can develop more in an area that is not mathematical or linguistic, for example: musical. I can’t say that maths or lenguages are not important but I think that other subjects are important too. The most interesting part of the video for me it’s the part when he mentioned one woman that is called Gillian Lynne, which in her school they thought that the girl had one problem about learn but it was not like this. I love this part, it’s inspiring.
I agree with Ken Robinson with most of what he says at the conference. I have a cousin who has ADHD. He has always had difficulty learning until he started reading books that really interested him, going to libraries to find the books he likes. Now you ask him something and he replies that he may surprise you with everything he knows, because he seems to know nothing despite being restless all day, but he knows many things that I still don't know. The story of Gillian Lynne that tells the end of the video is motivating to find something that you do well and you like.
I agree with what he said. Right now, education is focused on creating perfect students. Since I remember, all my teachers told me that I have to do everything perfectly or I'd never have a job. Even they told me not to study art or keep playing instruments, and I'd love to do it.
According to the educational system, or you do everything the way they want, or you are worthless.
I agree with the video. I think there are subjects that contribute nothing to what we want to study, they teach us useless things, for example, linguistic subjects, because we already know how to write and read, and that is the fundamental thing, in the world in which we live mathematics is the most important, because it has to be this way, because we cannot choose what we like, we should have more freedom, be able to choose what we like, because although we are in my case in the scientific baccalaureate, there are subjects that will not serve me at all, the Education is more focused on being perfect people instead of doing what we like. I really liked listening to Ken Robinson's speech.
I agree with what Mr Ken Robinson said. He did a nice speech about education and the importance of creativity in education adding some humor during it.
Nowadays, education is focused on creating "robots" instead of creating successful and creative students that don't pass stress during and after classes. Education is very strict in every subject and students cannot be perfect in all of them.
Students need to create things, to learn, to be curious, not to listen and memorize what the teachers say for about 6 or 7 hours and then write it in the exams.
Education is killing the creativity in students, which I think is more important than memorizing. If you are doing what you like and also you are creative, you will have more success than a person who only can memorize.
I really enjoyed listening to Mr Ken Robinson speech and I hope the educational system changes.
I agree with Mr. Ken Robinson. The educational system aims to focus more on mathematics and language, but children need to develop other types of intelligence such as artistic. Creativity arises from our thoughts and it is something we do constantly that is why encouraging the learning of creativity helps to form ideas more easily and get answers immediately which is important in this world in which we live
I think the same as Mr Ken education just thing in one thing they thing that we are robots we just learn some things that will be usefull in the future and there subjects like creativity that they don't teach to us I think that every student thing that almost one subject that they do they will not use it in the future for example biology for a seller, but all the works will need creativity and that is one thing that need to be required in all the schools
I totally agree with what Mr. Ken Robinson says. The educational system focuses and cares more for science and languages, but not for the arts. When we tell our parents that we want to be singers or dancers (for example), they take it as a joke since it has always been in the background.
Finally, many people have difficulties in learning science and letters, but they are great stars in the arts, such as drawing, singing, acting or playing an instrument.
I agree with Mr. Ken
In my opinion this video is very appropriate for our age, there are a lot of things that we need to know that we don’t know yet, Buh this video has a lot to do.
Our education system is the most important things, we need to express our creativities and so many more.
In summary I really liked the video and I hope my mates too do so.
First of all I want to say that I loved the video, since it is dynamic and very interesting. And in my opinion, I think this man is absolutely right because creativity is very important and I agree with what he has said indirectly: there should be classes of everything that will teach you every day as mates or languages. And I also agree that education teaches us to be afraid of mistakes.
I think that this video is a bit long, but I really liked watching it. I totally agree with what Mr.ken Robinson says.
The educational system is created for students to study, memorize, ... to be "someone" in the future, forgetting and leaving aside creativity.
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