http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Sir Ken Robinson makes a compelling argument for reforming our education system citing the vastness of creativity and talents that all our children are born with. His contention is that our public education system was built to service industrialism and which valued subjects such as mathematics and science while marginalizing those that were not deemed useful, like the arts. We educate the creativity out of our children and are left with a generation that has to face an uncertain future with an outdated skill set. Sir Robinson holds a PhD from the University of London, is an internationally recognized speaker and author of numerous works on education and his appearances on TED Talks have been viewed by millions. His ideas are revolutionary and far reaching, but they are not outside the realm of reason. Several of my other sources are in agreement with his direction, but focus on other aspects of childhood development such as social play and community learning. Sir Robinson has well developed arguments and they are supported by large amounts of research into child development specifically the vast reservoir of talent that is inherent in children. Something my research is looking to raise awareness about, how we as a society can design our education system around talents that will develop the best adults, not the talents that we adults think are important.
Interesting work. Though Sir Robinson's ideas appear--on the surface--controversial business interests have explicitly stated that the purpose of education in this country is to serve them. This perspective does seem at odds with the liberal humanist values that originally informed our public schools.
ReplyDeleteI notice the MLA formatting is a bit off. For Youtube videos, I'm pretty sure you can just cite them as though they were a webpage.
Great use of graphics!