About the Video
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity
About the Presenter
Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. It's a message with deep resonance. Robinson's this Talk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? "Everyone should watch this."
A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements. His latest book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, a deep look at human creativity and education, was published in January 2009.
"Ken's vision and expertise is sought by public and commercial organizations throughout the world."BBC Radio 4
Comments by Sabre
This talk resonates completely with what i believe in,think about it.The education system is just like the QWERTY Keyboard,originally designed to slow down the speed of typing to prevent the keys of the typewriter getting stuck, but it is still in use where clearly we aim to achieve higher speeds.
I do not need to go further our education system has plenty of students more then 95% in each class that have absolutely no clue to what there natural talent is,because they have long forgotten about it,have never practiced it,and will surly wont in the future,our schools and colleges are producing run of the mill students,and they will 'always' be average in what ever they will do,the only factor that will have an effect on their performance will be hard-work, or more specifically 'Time spent'
Such a pity
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