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  • when was this talk given?

  • Sir Ken Robinson,

    There is a high school in the Philippines called Philippine High School of the Arts where student scholars are systematically educated in the arts (dance, drama, painting, music, etc.) alongside their basic high school education.

  • @hakki368 yan ba yung malapit sa UPLB? grabe ang ganda dun! nakakainggit!

  • @marlo25alpha yes it's near UPLB. a beautiful place indeed.

  • one of the best videos on the net.The amount of time globally thats wasted teaching kids crap thats irrelavant that could be spent on hiv,cancer and ageing research is astronomical.seriously when i was 16 we were being taught how to tell the difference between broadsheets and tabloids and were drawing pictures with crayons and watching disney cartoons(in our late teens we were doing stuff that 4 year olds could master a joke right?)by then we should have been doing scientific research

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  • This is wonderful and so so true! What can we do to help bring about this kind of change?

  • this video is absolutely brilliant. it brings us to a foundation of where we were before and where we are now in our society with education. its sad but true. I gotta thank my English teacher, Ms.Hanson for introducing me to this video

  • thanks for sharing this video. 

  • being an architect to be brought me here.... although architecture has nothing to do with painting, which i actually love.

  • I wonder who are the 9 dislikes and why?

  • @myscanner because some people hate this accent because they don't have it...

  • @lapticul LOL!

  • WAUH!!! @21:45, that makes sense

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  • If only the arts were equally appreciated, so many people wouldn't feel numbness the way they do now

  • I knew something was wrong with the ways we teach our children in our education systems. Every school teacher out there needs to watch this.

  • @RevolutionofTalents Politicians should watch it too :) I know only a few teachers who really think the education system is good :)

  • @lilchimy This video should be broadcasted around the world

  • Went from being a good student to a drop out because standardized testing as an idea did not fly with me. So hard to disagree with what this man says.

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  • my desire to ensure our youth's future brought me here

  • Simply brilliant!

  • Anyone who dislikes this doesn't understand creativity.

  • My really cool sociology teacher, Ms.Bopp, brought me here:-) 

  • @EyraManet

    Cheers

    same name different teacher

  • We watched this in English class and then were forced to answer questions on it afterward.

  • Sir Ken Robinson is my Idol

  • my failure as an adolescent in our education system brought me here

  • I wanna hear the discussion afterwards...

  • im glad that someone finally showed me how too say something about the education system. i think everyday that theres something wrong going on here but never came up with the words to say something about it

  • EXCELLENT VIDEO.

  • One of my teachers once said,

    "If English literature is an art and is made to be a compulsory subject core to the programme, why not some other art like dance or music?"

  • Excellent, inspirational, informative.

  • This deserves a lot more views than it has. Thank you RSA for posting this, and thank you, Sir Ken Robinson, for having this talk. 

  • i was thinking that too about the subjects, cause here we choose our subjects in year 11, 12 and 13 but then english maths and science is compulsory in year 11 and english is compulsory in year 12 and i was wondering why THEY had to be compulsory and not something else!

  • who's monty?

  • My respect for Sir Ken. What a magnificent talk.

  • Revolution education paradigm NOW!!!!!

  • why isnt this more popular!?!

  • The imperfect education system brought me here...

  • @heritic1hero *lousy education system.

  • Sir Ken was the keynote speaker at the 2011 AMS Montessori Conference. He is a supporter of that model. Of course, he can not support it exclusively because various students will need specialized interventions and different approaches to meet their needs. Nevertheless, the Montessori model was created to support independence, intelligence, critical thinking skills, and the development of self-discipline, while also celebrating community, culture and creativity. Sir Ken is one of our heroes!

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  • what was the quote he said at 51:25 ?

  • i love this guy. this kind of thing is exactly the sort of thing i thought we should be doing in school. (i'm going into gr.12 this year btw)

  • @96thatcrazygamer why not this was interesting

  • @killatubby It's because he can't focus long enough. He has ADHD. SEE WHAT I DID THERE!?

  • @killatubby haha the other one was cause there were pictures lol.....im so stupid

  • monty brought me

  • if ur from roosterteeth like me dont shout it like raving retards with sugar...seriously save it for drunk talk haha

  • Monty from RoosterTeethe brought me here.

  • @TheShimmer7 What's Rooster"Teethe"? I was brought here by "Monty" of "Rooster Teeth."

  • @strife93 Roosterteeth is a company that do online stuff such as videos, they also have community forums. Monty does motion capture for the company, he posted this link in his blog

  • @MrScottyTay *Facepalm* He knows what RoosterTeeth is you idiot. He was being sarcastic and asking what "RoosterTeethe" is and how its misspelled with an "E" on the end.

  • So cali doesnt have much issues with ADHD, prolly kuz all the kids are getting baked

  • All I wanted was a video on FFXIII?

  • @SamuelDMM umm...you mean FFXIII-2

  • @Wh33lz777 No I mean FFXIII. There're Paradigms in that too.

  • Did he say there was no crisis in natural resources? We're running out of food! 90% of our crop dependency is on 3 crops. I agree with the idea he stops short of saying - namely that anti-depressants cause people to commit suicide. I never touched them, but re-programmed my brain away from its bi-polar tendencies. Be wary of doctors pushing their pills. Think yourself well.

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  • Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.~Bertrand Russell

  • Brilliant! I almost agree with almost everything he said, that's as close as it ever gets.

  • @gateshead1000 Rockwell? Area 56? Roswell. Area 51. He's a P.H.D? Intelligence certainly is diverse.

  • @Nautilus1972 I'm notr sure what you want you're telling me?

  • @Nautilus1972 He's an immigrant to the United States; Just because they are household terms here doesn't mean they are around the world. Off hand, without Google-ing it, do you know what I refer to when I say Tunguska (Might not be the best example, but...)? He's a Ph.D which technically means he's a Doctor of Philosophy, which I think fits pretty well considering his lecture.

  • and now we have to wait (well, it wont happen) for education boards to put this into practice.

  • 6 people need to be shot in the back of the head, they are consuming my air and don't deserve it.

  • I have always felt like school was a waste of my time. And I always felt like a fool sitting in a class room learning about quantum physics, which we will NEVER really need to use in our lifetimes. Thank you, Ken Robinson, for confirming my belief that the school system needs to change. Teachers, government officials, EVERYONE needs to see this and form a opinion.

  • @aerogirl1023 you d have been better in a class other than quantum physics, but quantum physics is in use all over the world. Ken actually mentioned QP in this talk as part of the wonders of the world.

  • This was amazing.

  • Excellent lecture on how the present system of education actually destroys learning and creativity. By indoctrinating children to a program where they are conditioned to think along the lines of a jealously guarded system, their individual creativity is often destroyed. Ken Robinson's lectures should be required for all educational administrators and teachers particularly in the public school system.

  • ...(cont.)..."facts" & figures & formulas with very little meaningful connection the bulk of the material they'll encounter. How on earth can we look at the spike in ADD & depression meds for kids & teens and not feel great urgency to change course? I've been an educator for 2 decades, and I'm utterly discouraged by what I see here, kindergarten thru PhD. "Less-developed" (*eye roll*) countries often offer better opportunities to experiment with new approaches to learning (less complacent).

  • Ken Robinson ...once again...great speech...now we all have to MOVE

  • @gsmith3286 I am...to South America. The disastrous state of education in the US is striking, and instead of pragmatic collaboration to adopt a new approach, there's blaming, lack of funding and lack of interest...status quo, based on meaningless test score numbers, wins out every time. The impact on the country can already be felt...and it's not going to get better without a radical change in collective attitude. Meanwhile, students will endure several demotivating years of mindnumbing...

  • fantastic, God bless all

  • Unfortunately the university old cronies in their ivory towers don't want it to change because they are sitting pretty. They (deans etc.) earn a lot of money and have a lot of power where they sit. Some HE's in the UK are a form of indoctrination and debt slaving. Either you believe in their way of thinking or you get a low grade or you get kicked out. Some HE institutes have become so narrow minded in this respect that they will do ANYTHING to resist this change.

  • Part of the dislikes might be that his humour is sometimes very, very subtle. He frequently says something funny or ironic, and then passes over it before you've had a chance for it to sink. (Loved his reference to "Rockwell" ("Roswell") and "Area 56" ("Area 51")

  • i paused porn for this, its so worth it, but now i have blue balls

  • Sir Ken Robinson has this ability that he describes of divergent thinking, he is able to conceive of effects that the education system has on younger people based on their experiences of the new world without taking it for granted that the only way to succeed is to be better than someone in a linear manner. We are naturally competitive but also naturally infinite, it is ridiculous to reduce ourselves to other peoples' expectations or concepts of brilliance.

  • fascinating. if only more 'educators' (and i use that term loosely :p) would see this lecture. some incredible ideas in there

  • well I just spent an hour watchin this vid when im susposed to do a paper by tomorrow. Think i'll use this vid as a jumping point for it.

  • Sir Ken Robinson is a genius

  • @mauriciobeltre Nope. He's a polymath =D

  • The hell with 4 of them now.

  • It's a supreme irony that the top suggested video after this is the perfect example of how our schools fail.

  • Deeply inspiring talk.

  • 30:40 - he meant 3 billion not 3 million, I'm just saying.

  • I love his speeches.. *-*

  • REALLY!?, WTFIW with those 3 loosers who disliked this???

  • Seems that two people don't want the person disliking the video to be in hell alone. ;)

  • A nice smile too

  • i wish they had a "love" button

  • Wow, not once before had I thought "I can't wait to get home to watch that lecture."

  • i feel nothing compared to him and i wish i know what i'm i good at in in life and i wish i can speak english fluently so i can buy his books and read it .

  • @essa07 If you're really only 25 (as it says on your channel), you really shouldn't worry. You'll find out year by year what you like to do, and what you like to do a lot, and what you end up wanting to do until the end of your life. Getting to know oneself is a slow process for everyone. Don't worry!

    Good luck with your learning English!

  • @GreyLabyrinthine thanks , that really helped :)

  • i have an exam tomorrow and i think i have learned more watching this video than the 3 hours i've spent learning

  • @RandomNameFinder In my last year of college I have exams in two weeks & have none of my notes but I have past papers & have found the answers to every single question on wikipedia.This is is how bad things have become one can literraly get an degree in a few days on wikipedia.Our education system is so garbage and obselete that Wikipedia alone tumps it entirely.Degreess mean nothing companies want people who are innovative and are fresh thinkers and 1st class honours students dont have that

  • love the argument about the money for the prison system vs education system

  • I could watch so much porn in 55 minutes

  • He should have got the "Pale Blue Dot" picture.

  • I don't have a wrist watch... I have a pocket watch!

  • @about37ninjas I don´t even own a watch. Tried to, but i can´t see the mening in owning one. Does that make me a genious? Probably not. Just a 46 years old man afraid of getting older... ;o)

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  • Briliant...

    Great public speeking skills

  • I want those books...

  • Rockwell, area 56, I lold

  • 13:00 to 25:00 <--- RSA Animate section

  • @cafers Actually, the RSA Animate section comes from through out the lecture, this was just a part of it.

  • @TheZACHBC ahh nice one, didn't know that. Was frantically looking for the exact spot. Thanks for the info. :)

  • I hope someday in the future people will be able to learn what they want to learn and in an effective manner with other people of similar interests which give rise to people who are self-incentivized to perform certain actions and things without having to succumb to society's judgement of economic utility of such actions, knowledge and skills. Most people, my peers, I see could not give a care in the world for what is taught and structured in school and would rather be doing something else.

  • @ScorpiaX Show everyone you know this video,show to teachers and parents to at least spark somewhat of a revolution and start this change.

  • i fully agree the whole westernised world is compley corrupt, it goes alot higher up than the bankers tho, we live in infomation age now. Because our socity is for the capitalist individual money is power and anything to do with alot money has control bye governments, banks, multinational companys and so on. over the last 10 years the human race has really woken up to damage we are doing to the plant and each other, money will

  • If we atomize people and judge them separately, while smothering each of them into a DEBT while educating them into this fraud, the BANKERS maintain control over them.

    Hello!

    Is anyone on this frequency; how loud are you hearing me, please respond?

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  • have no meaning or value one day because it is just an idea that out society is based apon. but its to little to late and because we are such huge consumers and the only way we know is forward. the future is very scary place for the human race its going to get alot worse before it get s better the signs are everywhere. i fell that i can only blame my self and point the finger at no one because we are all apart of this no matter how small or big.....

  • @centurion180ad well its not secret that this is the era of "control" . Where everything that we do has been already planned for us. And theyre just taking us through a railroad without letting us see in detail all the landscape. We're basicly (thanks to this systems of education and "society") robots just fitting in what they want for our lives and not letting us keep on going with our true potentials

  • Too bad that the creative thought that gave rise to the building up of Las Vegas was THE MAFIA murdering Italian criminals, with all their felonious proceeds of extortion, racketeering, graft, narcotics trafficking and all the other trappings of organized crime, to include the crooked cops, judges, attorneys and officials that gladly allowed themselves to be bought off.

  • I wonder if Bill Gates has watched this. He has a lot of money by the same dubious means that he intends to use for reviving or improving our schools. He studies statistical research on value added to see what works and what doesn't in American schools. He is a businessman with business ways. Using measurement of value added, based on standardized tests, he evaluates teachers. We are assured that statisticians have confirmed the validity of the results.

  • Amazing, inspiring... I'm speachless.... Could never believe I would sit in front of a video lecture for 55 minutes when I have exams to study to! This is the one of the most interesting piece of information I have ever recieved.

    Thank You!!

  • @eladruf That's the sad part that a self-educated man like me listens to multiple 2 hour lectures every day, often times left wanting more and running out all the available data on one lecturer, while someone like you has to go through the hoops of learning a by-built program that has the agreed upon data that the guys who learned what you learned 50 years ago have decided to put in.

  • @eladruf Way to spell 'speechless'.

  • 49:14

  • "We must educate people to have long range perspectives, to think in terms of many variables related to each other rather than certainties.

    . . .

    We must educate so people can cope efficiently, imaginatively, and perceptibly with information overload. . .

    We must educate for . . . tolerance of ambiguity, for acknowledgment of error, for patience, . . .."

    The Unprepared Society by Donald Michael Basic books NY 1968

  • "We must educate people to have long range perspectives, to think in terms of many variables related to each other rather than certainties.

    . . .

    We must educate so people can cope efficiently, imaginatively, and perceptibly with information overload. . .

    We must educate for . . . tolerance of ambiguity, for acknowledgment of error, for patience, . . .."

    The Unprepared Society by Donald Michael Basic books NY 1968

  • what a horrible tie !

  • everyone should see this video show it to everyone you know to teachers,to students and parents spread the word

  • universities share the same problem. and i don't know how all this stuff works in other countries, but in spanish ones you just have to study before the exams, spit your knowledge and then forget it after the exams and continue with your life.

  • @Jojos25 Yeah college is just highschool the sequel and yes it pretty much the same in most if not all countries

  • the information age has left high school dead in the water.In a decade or two the days of pretty in pink ,pop quizes,high school proms and everything we associate with teenagers today will be a thing of the past in a couple

  • As an Artist I have seen Art slowly disappear from slight existence to nothing. Maybe it has also gone to California instead of being sent to Coventry.

    It's not goodbye to art in the UK, it has never ever been here. Not for the children, that's for sure. Be brave get Mathematics out and let our kids create.

    Stop the talk and take action Ken. Or go watch Mooji.

  • @fido1am

    I go to an arts school in Canada, and (before I arrived two years ago), they were almost entirely arts focused. Academics were almost on the backburner, compared to fine arts, photography, dramatics, and, yes, even dance.

    Now, however, the administration has decided that academics should come first, and we should focus more on being an IB (International Baccalaureate) school with high grades. It's awful, as we're an inner city arts school.

  • I feel ya IB sucks ass!

  • @SciFiHero I'm curious, are you talking about Victoria Comp? I went there, and it was the same situation: a completely arts-focused school, but then the old principal retired, and an academics-focused one came in. I don't know about the principal(s) that came after because I graduated in '02. IB was always around--it was mandatory when I was in junior high there, but it was optional in high school. I was very glad I took some IB classes (art, history), but full IB would have driven me bonkers.

  • Isn't it a pity that we didn't all get invited to California.! Lucky you Ken!! Then we too would have a decent chance in the Arts because the UK National Curriculum has been Art destructive since William Shripley and way beyond him. When will our children have a chance to actually pursue Art, Drama and Music TOGETHER in Secondary School, and then into human life.

  • @the1booth They don't listen to him because of control. The government won't change the entire system based on Sir Ken. They want control and they don't listen to anyone, no matter how much Sir Ken 'gets it'. Excuse my French, but everyone who doesn't think he should be king of the world is a cunt.

  • @BenAlldridge On januari 25 my University has some talks of some people. One of them is Richard Gerver, a friend of Ken. And he will talk about changing this paradigm, so maybe there will be some change. I surely hope so, cause what we do now is just killing our potential!

  • I hope that the one person who didn't like this, clicked accidentally!

  • make this guy king off the world, he understands education, why don't they listen to him

  • THE HELL WITH THE 1 PERSON WHO DOESN'T LIKE THIS CLIP!

  • @onesweetguy He was like: 55 minutes? tldr; I'll go watch some 2 bunnies 1 cup instead.

  • @Zotov13 Hahahahaha! :D

  • @onesweetguy

    The hell with the 2 people now

  • @onesweetguy The three people that dislike this talk are school board heads.

  • @onesweetguy probally doesn't understand english XD

  • @onesweetguy Maybe pushed the worng button? Anyway, 99% like this.

  • The Hell with the 3 of them now

  • @onesweetguy they got left behind and their bitter. =P

  • Standardized testing - taking teachers and students out of the most effective relationship dynamic for several days of the term, and using the results of those few days to determine if the most effective relationship dynamic is effective.

    In Canadian teaching programs, there just isn't the same worry about funding and job security based on Standardized Testing achievement. I feel for you US teaching professionals. Really, I do.

  • As a teacher, I pay attention to the kids I teach as people and I really don't pay too much attention to the system (curriculum + formal assessment). From what I have seen, this 'system' is trying to measure our kids and failing and then somehow confusing that failure with the kids' performance as learners. This is the quickest way to stifle their potential..

  • Never thought a 15-year-old kid from the Midwest could actually be interested in this kind of lecture. But, here I am, and inspired to change a few people's minds about education if I ever get the chance.

  • Very inspirational, witty and funny. I like this guy more than most standup comedians.

    Sir Robinson makes me think of Célestin Freinet and his view on education. This talk shows the true genius of Freinet, who had similar ideas almost 90 years ago.

  • wow

  • The whole idea of how schools work school is wrong.

    It is viewed as a place where you learn useful stuff. Actually that is true.

    But this is not the only thing that happens. You grow up there. You become a person, preferably yourself. But the system just gives you stuff. It does not help you become you it pushes that part of life to the background.

    Bringing individuality to the foreground would make you integrate skills. They would have a place within *you* instead of *them* 'defining' you.

  • @pedrodemellodotnet A truly creative man. A product of his own idea's. ;^)

  • Are you immovable, moveable or moving?

    If you spend an hour passively watching today, make sure it's early and make sure it's watching this. Then make sure you spend two hours spreading the word!