Ken Robinson speaks to the current structure of our education system, and claims that we should radically shift the focus of education away from head-knowledge and towards allowing children to continue in their creative potential.
This talk is amazingly inspiring. Ken says so many things that give you this “Oh yeah.. that’s TRUE!” experience that the whole talk is one massive goosebump dose. And while he’s correct – our education system teaches people that they should be right vs. inventive – that the heady topics in education are at the top of learning but the arts are at the bottom – that our education system does not properly value creativity as a necessary component in our new culture – he’s a bit short on any details as to how things might change.
One big idea that he only hinted at is the notion that our current degree oriented system is outmoded because it doesn’t value creativity, not just that it doesn’t value creativity. The millionaires in our culture are the movers: athletes. The drawers: movies and film. The creatives: Musicians.
Somehow, our education system simply does not value these endeavors much. And he’s correct – the system is geared on a need to feed our young into an industrial society.
We aren’t an inststrial society anymore.
