Sir Ken Robinson, Creativity, Learning & the Curriculum

Edited highlights from Sir Ken Robinson's talk at Learning Without Frontiers recorded March 16th, 2011, London.

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[misdeemusic]

Ken Robinson rocks my socks. He's an amazing example of how to be a visionary with the cunning use of common sense.

[MotherBaconSky]

This man is a recently discovered inspiration to me. I packed in my job to follow my heart and have been offered a place at Leeds University to study English and theatre. I heard about Ken Robinson only last week and discovered in an example of Jungian synchronicity, and to my delight that he did the same course at Leeds. I hope to become involved in this vital work where I believe there is sanity and joy!

[David Brown]

What schools should teach but don't and shouldn't teach but do:

sites.google.com/site/djhbrown­2/SCHOOLS.RTF

[Jorge Possollo]

All disciplines are equal... but some are more equal than others !

[Kevin O'Donnell]

Our daughter transferred to a traditional high school to a creative arts magnet school and the amazing thing was how much better the overall academics were. I believe it is because the kids were so thrilled to be there they saw a purpose. Reading was suddenly connected to their scripts and math was suddenly a challenge... not just another roadblock in life.

[psychobollox]

you really think that?! if so, you didn't listen to a word he said!

[Sun Wah Chong]

I understand what Sir Ken Robinson said because I did the walk by connecting with my spiritual self which is MY SOUL:) dearmmleecom/the-soul-is-the-t­rue-being

[Spike Worsley]

My son went to an International School in Spain that not only valued the Arts but underpinned its educational philosophy on them, along with the other IB subjects. What a phenomenally well rounded & academically successful school it was too. You couldn't wish to meet more personable, self-assured, creative young people. They radiated the essence of human creativity and could appreciate the need for the balance in their lives for maths, language, science, economics, humanities & each other.

[grizligrizli0]

of course - they are both of the same sort (secular humanists and socialists) 

[grizligrizli0]

He is just another change agent, trained to dumb down your children and make them cheap human resource... Don't believe him! He is a social engineer who wants to control population (you can hear it in this video)... He wants you to agree with a life standard of Rwanda and propose individualized plans for children (individualized approach for the same goal - dumbed down cheap workforce).