Creativity: design in the making
Do schools kill creativity? (Sir Ken Robinson, TED Talks)
I hope you like this one as I do! I think this one speaks to all of us in this class, don’t you think?
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I agree with him about the importance of creativity. I thought the story about the little girl drawing a picture of God was hilarious. Unfortunately, we really do grow out of creativity these days. The arts in school are always at the bottom of the barrel. This is a real problem in all societies, as the opportunity for creativity in children is greatly reduced or taken away completely. The story of the dancer was truly inspiring, and I think people need to remember just how important creativity and art is.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Video...he is a captivating speaker which is strange because he's very "unenergetic".
ReplyDeleteI do agree that we stigmatize certain subjects in school but I think we live in a society that certainly admires artists and artistry, such as why the lady who coreographed CATS and PHANTOM is a multi-millionaire. So I don't believe its society in general that stiffles creativity but the world of education in particular (Maybe that's what he was trying to say and I just missed it).
I complete relate with his statement that someone may have given her medicine and told her to calm down...I got in trouble constantly in elementary school for talking and moving around to much (in the 1970's before the days of ADHD)and I ended up "talking" as a speaker for 18 years as a profession.
Overall...good stuff.
I would have never watched this video if it was not assigned, but I am glad I did. Every thing that guy said was right. The education system does not cater towards those people who are gifted in the arts. Art classes of all sorts are cut out of school curriculums and not given another thought. The system has put an emphasis on subjects that most of us will never use within our job or personal life. If students were allowed to choose subjects that they had an interest in, more young people might graduate from highschool and continue their education into college and grad school. This could be very beneficial to all of society.
ReplyDeleteCreativity is important in society and should be important in schools as well. Unfortunately, the education system around the world sees it as not being as important as other subjects. The stories he mentioned show us how sometimes we can solve what is being called a "problem" just by using our creativity. Like the dancer, they really could have just given her medicine and then she would have been force to stop doing what she loved to do or what she was good at. Many times we underestimate the skills that we each have because we are afraid of being wrong or making a mistake. According to him, this can be called, “being educated.” If we would value what our students are good at, it will help them succeed in their education and desire in learning. It will give them a chance to shine in what they are good at!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting video. I always felt that creativity is important, but the speaker did a great job at showing examples. If the little girl that could not stay still was never introduced to dance classes, Cats and the other productions she would have choreographed, may have not been as much as a success. The speaker made a good point when he said that the education system teaches children from the waist up, then their heads and then one side of their head. As he explained this point, I agreed that the system does teach children that way. If the children are able to keep their creativity as they enter adulthood, they have hope.
ReplyDeletei really enjoyed the video, not only was it enlightening, it was also very engaging. His use of comedy made it engaging, it drew the audience into his speech. Unfortunately, i agree with his perspective on creativity and education. It is really sad to see that creativity in schools are at the bottom of the barrel. The stigma that comes along with being creative stops children from expressing themselves they way they want to. Unfortunately, society has encouraged that stigma, in that sciences are considered the best way to be successful. I loved the story about the dancer. I work with a lot of kids with ADHD, and it shed a whole new light on how to understand their approach to learning, in other words help them tap into their creativity.
ReplyDeleteSir Robinson really does paint a picture of what todays educations is all about these days. One example that he brought up and that you actually see almost every day if you are around a school setting. Sir Robinson talks about a little girl going to a doctor simply because she cannot sit still. And when she goes to the doctor, the doctor lets her listent to a radio and reveals to her mother that she is a dancer and that something is not wrong with her. We really do educate our children away from creativity these days. Its somewhat of a sad trught.
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting video. Sir Robinson got right to the point about creativity. I agree with him that school systems are taking the creativity out of learning. Todays education is more strict. Schools want the kids to follow a path they set and not the other way around. Children have the most imaginative minds. Creativity brings about originality. Sir Robinson made it clear that the school system needs address all aspects of education.
ReplyDeleteI agree with nearly all of what Sir Robinson said in his video. I encountered a child with behavior problems and "learning disabilities" this summer when I worked at a day-camp. When this child had a breakdown, all he needed were a pencil and paper and someone to listen. He'd draw elaborate pictures and explain exactly what was happening in each picture and why he had drawn it. In my eyes, he has a seed of creative genius that needs to be fostered.
ReplyDeleteHis speech really hit home for me because I was just like the little girl he talked about. I was the little girl who could never sit still and my mom ended up putting me in dance class and I was a dancer for 15 years. It was the best decision of my life and really impacted my life growing up. I also agree with him when he said all kids are born as artists, we just lose ourselves through the process of "growing up"..
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the video and thought he gave a funny presentation while making several really intense points stike home. One of the problems with the fact that teachers don't teach creativity is the fact they aren't allowed. If your group of kids don't do well on the standardized test your looking for another job. Basically teachers like people in other professions do what the bosses force them to do and unlike other professions it is our children who suffer.
ReplyDeleteI thought this video was very interesting. He was very comedic while still getting his point across to the viewer. I think a lot of teachers today do not make the extra efforts to really teach children. A lot kids these days are so caught up in just make A's they lose sight of finding their OWN identity, and one's personal creativity is one of the main factors of being different from all the rest. Creativity should be explored all throughout life, but especially grades 1-12!
ReplyDeletei totaly agree with him. I todays society children are rarely given the opportunity to express themselves 100%. They get the chance to express themselves through writing but for those who dont like to write, it does nothing. Through art, music, dance, and other arts students are allowed to express themselves, and without this opportunity students merely conform to whats excepted and expected in the school systems.
ReplyDeleteI found this video to be very interesting and entertaining. I really enjoyed the way the speaker was able to deliver his message, prove it right, and still make me laugh at some parts. What he was saying about creativity makes a lot of sense and is refreshingly revolutionary. What he spoke about makes me think of all of the great creative minds we might've crushed with a sedative pill.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very interesting I really like the way Sir Robinson transmited his point about how the school system today has lack of creativity at all levels. It's very frustrating when they limit your creativity by only letting write to express yourself. No everyone has the talent and skills to express his/her creativity in words. For some it's more easy to draw a picture than using pen and paper. I thinks that school system today need to incorporate more free style in the subjects to allowed students to freely express themselves.
ReplyDeleteSir Robinson started off on the right foot by capturing my attention with his use of humor. What I really appreciated was how he captured the point of how we often today try and stifle our youth's imagination. The reference to the child who was restless and what she needed wasn't to calm down but to find a outlet for this energy. We turn the television on and it seems like about a third of the commercials on the tube are for medications for just about everything possible.
ReplyDeleteI particularly enjoyed his comments on where education is and is going. When you think about his comment on people being educated over the next thirty years dwarfing the number of people who have ever come before that was something else. Which also made me think about how he said have a masters will soon be like having a bachelors degree. I can't even begin to imagine things thirty years from now.
I think that he's right we are now living in a time in education where the creativity of students is limited. I believe that it is important for students to be original and creative; however, even with art projects that little kindergartener's are involved in they all look the same. There is no creative because teachers are limiting their students creative expressions; all of their "creative" projects look the same.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great video. I never thought about education this way before. He makes some really great points about creativity and students. I also thought is was crazy to think about when a kid starting school now will retire. The sad thing today is with budget cuts and standardize testing creativity doesn't happen often due to the teacher have to teach for the "test".
ReplyDeleteThe video Sir Kin Robinson: Do schools kills creativity? Ideas are worth spreading and as I am a substitute teacher for Arlington ISD and I have noticed that creativity is hard to come upon through the day to day curriculum that the school districts use. I do feel as if this video is speaking to us in this class. One point that he used was that creativity in schools is just as important as literacy. I feel that that statement is very true. Students need to learn how to express their ideas and be creative.
ReplyDeleteHe really uses alot of fact and thoughs about the lack of creativity in schools, and focuses on his audience and grasping their attention throughout the video. Schools that are killing creativity is a major issue but it is still happening in classrooms today. Children and students need to have creativity in their curriculum and give their feedback and thoughts on everything. Creativity does not have to just be in an art form it can also be shown in English, Math and a ton of other non core subjects.
I found this video very entertaining. I love intellectual humor. I think Sir Ken Robinson made some excellent points regarding the limitations of traditional education and thinking. I have always thought there is too little focus on art and music in curriculum. I think it has been proven through many tests that as humans we only tap into a small spectrum of what we are capable of mentally. Creativity is vastly overlooked as an important part of education and learning.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this video. Sir Ken Robinson brought up many valid points that I never considered about education. It made me think back when I was in grade school and how public education was taught to me then. I agree with Sir Robinson comment about the fact we are "educating out of creativity." We really are. Like he pointed out in the video the arts are at the very bottom of the list and are often overlooked. I see it today with funding for music and art. Usually the classes that allow children to be creative are to first to get cut from funding. I think we do need to harness our gift of the human imagination and educate our childrens' whole being, not just part of their head.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I loved his funny anecdotes. I agree with him about the school systems stifling the creativity of kids. But it isn’t just he school systems it is society too. Like he mentioned, kids who fidget and move are considered distractions and dolled out medication when in fact it may just mean that they need to move! The education systems do however focus on the 3 R’s rather than paying the proper amount of attention to the arts. Frankly I stink at math but excel more in the creative field, luckily my mother did too and I wasn’t stopped from doodling on my homework and now have a career in graphic design, go figure :)!
ReplyDeleteI watched Sir Ken Robinson’s video and really enjoyed it, especially the way he took a serious topic and injected humor into it so the speech wasn’t so boring that the message wasn’t lost.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that today’s educational system is setup in a generalized “one size fits all” way. I see from my own children how they learn differently. Put 30 kids in a class and trying to force them to learn in the same way is impossible. There seems to be such a stigma today about allowing people, especially children, to express themselves in any way!
Unfortunately in today’s world of standardized tests, individuality is lost to the ‘economics’ of how a child does on a TAKS test versus how well-spoken, insightful, artistic and well-adjusted he is. There is also the ‘economics’ placed on the school districts and the employees within. Many of my teacher friends complain that they aren’t even allowed to be creative anymore because they spend all their time seemingly prepping the students for TAKS testing.
I loved this video! Not only was he a great speaker, he also had an awesome point: schools do stomp out creativity. They do it by putting a lower emphasis on the arts, and they do it by putting such a large emphasis on making sure you do not get the wrong answer. As an aide in a high school, I see first hand how much of an emphasis is put on the TAKS test and getting the correct answers. Students are put in remedial classes if they score too low on the test when they could be getting elective credits in arts classes. End of course exams for high school are supposed to be implemented for the 2011-2012 school year. Hopefully this will take some of the pressure off teachers so they can be more creative with their lessons.
ReplyDeleteI cannot agree more with the speaker in this segment. I have children who have been told that they need medicine. I even tried it on them and the side effects were so severe and they hated and my son even had severe medical consequences from it. My daughter even said that it made her boring and that she hated the way that it felt. It is unbelievable that you have to fit into one group and if you are different or individual at all then you have a disorder. It should be a crime to steal the creativity out of kids. When are educators going to learn that they are hurting kids and not helping them by expecting them all to learn and act the same. What if they were stripped from their own identity when they were kids. They would most likely not be the person that they are today.
ReplyDeleteVery powerful video. Robinson is a very engaging speaker and his topic was very interesting. Too many problems in todays society are "solved" by throwing drugs at it. If more doctors would spend the time like the one in Robinsons story to find out more about the child I think you would find most are fine they just don't fit into the mold that our education system has defined for them.
ReplyDeleteOh hell yeah schools kill creativity many schools today don’t even have music programs any more. The public schools today do not seem to have the student’s growth truly in mind when it comes to education. What seems to be their main concern are standardized testing scores.
ReplyDeleteWhat caught my attention right away was in the beginning when Sir Ken Robinson made the comment about someone saying that they're in the teaching field and the other person in the conversation sort of groans and says 'why me.' That cracked me up because I totally understand. I started out as a double major, one of them encompassing a teaching certificate. About a week after signing up for that and reading what the teaching cert classes were about, I dropped it. None of the classes made teaching sound interesting and made things like grading monotonous and not about learning. It was all about what was NOT there as opposed to what the kids were showing the teacher they did know.
ReplyDeleteTeachers today grade, in part, on what they 'would have liked to have seen,' and not what was there. When this becomes a problem in schools, the school too easily hands out medication. But why not replace the pills with something more valuable? Like maybe putting music back in school. Or offering better art studio classes.
It seems that the creativity they're killing is being compensated with pills and less creative outlets for kids.
Not that all else does not matter but the fact that the speaker was able to stress the importance of creativity and tie it into the school system was very impressive. His speech was somewhat bland but his sarcasm was priceless hence it made you want to listen the entire clip. The accent he carried was also a plus as it captured the listener’s attention which helped him in delivery.
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