Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

http://www.ted.com In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

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[McGobstopper]

38 people are a single-function device

[TheMarine250789]

One of the most insightful and enlightening speeches I have ever heard in my life

[cadets666]

I think another thing to look at is parenting as well. As a kid my parents forced me to try and do many things from playing instruments and playing sports. When parents try to force talents and passions on kids that they wish they had, it doesnt exactly work, and in fact i believe most kids find it to be a chore, i know i did. My mom nagging me to play guitar and practice, forcing me to sports camps. You have to try and make these creative pathways seem something exciting and not a chore

[HCMos]

from 11:00 onwards im like :=o

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[crazykel217]

If only his views can be set into motion...

[PyrrhosOfEpeiros]

@crocopie I think he agrees that you need the knowledge and proof that you understand something if you work in, say, medicine. He was talking about giving all disciplines of knowledge the same level of importance and reforming the system to the individual's needs, since everyone can't learn the same way with the same results. So of course you would have credentials and you would learn on the subject, but, to quote, "not in a linear, but in an organic way". That's how I understood it.

[TheFaizYunus]

why does this only have 338,338 views? this should have at least a million!

[crocopie]

But how about Medicine, Engineering, and other Health Sciences? You need credentials and the present system to ensure quality graduate.

[waoop]

The answers to post-modernism?

[cbrusharmy]

Ken Robinson is a rock star!

[andersoncouncilpf]

I'm glad he recognizes education's development in Western countries as being developed to suit economic aims (mindless, soulless unchecked capitalism). He did miss the significance of education being used to teach the development of critical thought. It's fundamental to our development as a species, if we really want to develop.