Tuesday 11 January 2011
Sir Ken Robinson - creating an education system that nurtures creativity
This was the presentation that we watched and analysed this morning. Please finish off the questions that we didn't complete in class for Thursday's session so we can discuss them in class.
For more interesting presentations, please go to the TED website - http://www.ted.com/
Themes for talks in the past are: technology, entertainment, design, business, science, cultutre, arts, global issues. There should be something for everybody in there hopefully!
Any thoughts on Sir Ken, the content, the discussion today, then feedback at your leisure.
It was great to see you all again and in such fine industrious mode.
All the best, Mark
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ReplyDeleteEllen said...
ReplyDeleteThere was plenty food for thought in Sir Ken's presentation. I agree with his statement that our education system was built on the model of conformity but I'm not sure if it's right that reform is simply improving a broken model... Certainly there has been a great change in children's education over the last 50 years. Maybe it's the universities that remain too tunnel visioned to be willing to consider new approaches? I am told Edinburgh Uni operates according to the manufacturing model also known as' sausage machine'. Probably money comes into the equation somewhere and how much of the learning process is up to the student, the 'consumer'?
Here's another WB Yeats quote: 'The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.'
Good points Ellen. I once overheard a former colleague of mine telling a new recruit that teaching was like processing peas. Students are no different to processing peas she said, like on a conveyor belt. We had a chat and agreed that I was right, this is NOT the way to approach learning, teaching and assessment! I like your Yeats quote, very good choice of words.
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