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How schools stifle creativity

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How schools stifle creativity

STORY/DVD HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sir Ken Robinson: We’re born with great natural talents
  • He says schools systematically suppress many of those innate talents
  • Schools use testing and other systems to narrowly assess students, he says
  • He says they devalue forms of creativity that don’t fit in academic contexts

Watch the DVD at this (CNN) link (18 min long):

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/robinson.schools.stifle.creativity/index.html

Editor’s note: Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D, an expert in creativity, innovation and human resources, gave this popular talk at the TED conference in 2006. In this article he explores why the message has resonated with audiences. Robinson is a best-selling author whose latest book is “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Viking).” He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for his service to the arts and education.

Ken Robinson: Author/educator

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/robinson.schools.stifle.creativity/index.html

How does a homeschooler change a lightbulb?

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A. First, mom checks out three books on electricity out of the library, then the kids make models of light bulbs, read a biography of Thomas Edison and do a skit based on his life. Next, everyone studies the history of lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles. Next, everyone takes a trip to the store where they compare types of bulbs as well as prices and figure out how much change they’ll get if they buy two bulbs for $1.99 and pay with a five dollar bill. On the way home, a discussion develops over the history of money and also Abraham Lincoln, as his picture is on the five dollar bill. Finally, after building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the light bulb is installed. And there is light.

From Facebook – don’t know who originally wrote this.


Analysis your child’s learning style

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Do you know what your child’s learning style is?

Have you done a learning styles analysis with your child?

Here  is a free online questionnaire:  http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

What is VARK? VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-out information.

Sometimes approaching learning in a different way may make your child’s learning more engaging and
effective.