Is 'Modern' Education a Relic of the Industrial Age?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/08/Sir_Ken_Robinson_The_Element

Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, argues that our "modern" education system is an inherently flawed relic of the Industrial Revolution. "A degree used to be a passport to employment, now it's a visa," says Robinson. "It's become an algorithm."

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Sir Ken Robinson is an expert in creativity, innovation, and human resources. He works with governments in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and cultural organizations. Robinson led a national commission on creativity, education, and the economy for the UK government and was central in forming a creative- and economic-development strategy as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Formerly, he was professor of education at the University of Warwick.

He has received several honorary degrees, the Athena Award from the Rhode Island School of Design, the Peabody Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Royal Society of Arts. He received a knighthood for his services to the arts. His latest book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Viking, 2009). - The Aspen Institute

Sir Ken Robinson is an expert in creativity, innovation, and human resources. He works with governments in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and cultural organizations. Robinson led a national commission on creativity, education, and the economy for the UK government and was central in forming a creative- and economic-development strategy as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Formerly, he was professor of education at the University of Warwick.

He has received several honorary degrees, the Athena Award from the Rhode Island School of Design, the Peabody Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Royal Society of Arts. He received a knighthood for his services to the arts. His latest book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Viking, 2009).

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[frilink]

I'm currently in college and I feel FUCKED UP...........

I don't know what I'm doing here

I don't know what I'm gonna be

Personally I think people go to college now days because its a trend.........they don't pursue college for knowledge, they pursue It because the community said so,YOU GO TO COLLEGE, YOU GET A JOB, DON'T AND YOU'll END UP ON THE STREETS

[theRCRchannel]

Is 'Modern' Education a Relic of the Industrial Age? Yes.

[1stNightingale]

@ttiiyy Well ofcourse but im talking more about the development of an individual through the education system not the specific of what they are studying. Someone who studies maths should not be regarded as a nerd or dumb if hes slow at it as we are all individuals who work individually. If treated like so most will be able to learn everything in their own way as i did maths. They will also learn what matters most in life which is to adapt and progress in every situation.

[ttiiyy]

@1stNightingale It depends on what subject matter you're talking about. When it comes down to subject matters such as pharmacology, how individual can the curriculum be?

[ttiiyy]

@SpicyHam Well, without these people, what else can smart business owners do?

It goes both ways, doesn't it?

[ttiiyy]

@frilink Not entirely true though. Some people want to be become engineers and doctors. They know that they will have to go to colleges to receive the proper training.

As for others, maybe you're right about them.

[SpicyHam]

Smart business owners hire college graduates, because they are willing to do anything told.

[GodofCider]

I think the idea is to go into college to test out what you might like in your first two years; specializing in the second two in the areas you liked the most. Perhaps continuing on after that should the situation warrant it.

And in the end, if for you it has all been for naught, then at the very least you'll have become more knowledgeable about the world around you; which is hardly a bad thing.

[givebirthathome]

@frilink You're welcome. Google "Camphill community" for an example of the kind of thing that's available now, (spots opening up this summer) that's pretty cool. Seize the day.

Remember there's nothing wrong with you (or life) that you feel fucked up. Feeling that way is a normal reaction to the emptiness, hypocrisy and inhumanity of most of society at present...which most of us get very doused with before we are old enough to create a space for ourselves filled with something better.

[frilink]

@givebirthathome

Thank you.......

[wcuppett]

@frilink I know exactly how you feel. I'm a senior political science major, and I have no idea what has been the point of these last 4 years, nor do I have any clue what I'm going to do when I graduate.