Sunday, November 30, 2008

Schools=creativity killers?

I was just re-watching a YouTube video from week 7 and was struck by how much more meaning I get from it now.

Sir Ken Robinson's short lecture on education, literacy and creativity has such pertinence and timbre that it should be a must for all educators. He portends that creativity and literacy should be linked and that the educational system overall (especially standardized scoring and the like) squelches creativity and tries to mold everyone into the same shape and size. Intelligence should contain three elements:1, Diversity, 2, Dynamicism, and 3, Distinction.

The best quote that I plan to carry with me and display wherever I end up teaching is the following:

"If you're not prepared to be wrong you'll never accomplish anything." We must take a grain of humility, creativity, and fortitude in whatever we try to accomplish.

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