Is school bad for kids? [Independent.ie]
- Published: 19 May 2011
Is school bad for kids? "Yes!" says creativity expert Ken Robinson in his highly entertaining and compelling talk, ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’
At first glance, killing creativity might not seem a big deal – so what if kids don’t waste time painting and singing? But, looking closer, creativity is defined as “the abil¬ity to transcend traditional ideas, rules and patterns and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods and interpre¬tations” it becomes harder to dismiss its importance. Could a lack of creativity underlie the current global disorder and how can we possibly find a way out of this mess without meaningful new ideas and methods?
So, who is this Ken Robinson? He has been a busy man: professor of education at Warwick University; government adviser; international speaker; author of two books and numerous reports; and a major collector of academic gongs, including a knighthood in 2003. He is described as an expert in creativity and innovation, but, first and foremost, he is a skilled, engaging educator whose pas¬sion is contagious.
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