Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

http://www.ted.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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[Tyrfingr]

To quote Einstein "It is a miracle that curiousity survives formal education"

[potsyy]

if you're not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original

[elpato39]

hahah that bmw commercial just killed it at the end, it contradicts the whole thing....well wait i guess not entirely

[porkeatter]

quite intriguing 

[DoNotLaughAtMe]

@Tyrfingr Well... there are so many manual + mental labour. There is not really a strong need for creativity types of jobs.

But as manual labour gets automated. The room for the creativity job sector will grow. Automate the future :D

[mumty1]

Brilliant!!! 

[TableWolfMusic]

@magical11 For the majority of people who will graduate from university, which is what he is talking about, the prospects are indeed about toiling away with a company.

Also he is talkiing about preparing people for the future (until they retire in fact). So he is talking about schooling, for the purpose of preparing people for adult life up until retiring. i.e. retiring from work.

But as I say, I am prepared to be wrong about there being companies wishing to employ the mistake-makers.

[magical11]

@TableWolfMusic You are assuming the whole world is a company. Last time I checked, there were jobs other than toiling away in a company, not to mention he's talking about growing up and education. NOT adult life.

[SpicyHam]

politicians too lazy to care this.

[IWANTHOTDOG]

@potsyy Problem is school brainwashes us to think you have to be right and being wrong is worthy of punishment (grades). And even know if i know what you are saying is true, its been drilled into the brain too much already to matter.

[wikiemol2]

The occupy wall street protesters should attack the way we look at education! American schools are the reason people are afraid to start their own businesses. When teachers and parents use the excuse of "getting you ready for the real world" to justify the extreme inefficiency and pointlessness of the current school system what they mean is a capitalist world! How can we change society when we are teaching it as the ONLY society? Please thumbs up to get people thinking!

[jstjake1]

@karezza6 All teachers? Maybe if you had better teachers your critical thinking skills wouldn't be so weak huh?