“Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers.”
Ken Robinson is right up our alley. This 20 minute talk is terrific…and quite funny.
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I absolutely loved this Ted talk. I’m trying to find more stuff by Robinson.
It’s fun to see how similar our interests are.
By the way, how is baby?
Thank you for posting this! I absolutely loved it and it was very timely as my son’s preschool is “concerned” that he will be labeled ADHD when he goes to kindergarten. I was watching him dance along with the TV last night and had to hold back the tears. Also, this led me to another awesome video of Elizabeth Gilbert on genius: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html – also recommended by Tim Ferriss on his twitter a few hours ago
Glad you like it too Marcie. I have the Elizbeth Gilbert talk flagged to see. Thanks for sharing.
Best,
Michael
I loved this talk, Michael. I’m going to have some friends stop by here to see it. He really hits it square on the head!
Brilliant. Every educator should watch, listen and learn from this.
are we human?
or are we dancers?
the killers…
Love this clip. My 12 year old is in the talented program and doing great but can use this info alot as parents on remembering what’s important. Thanks
Just a thought in passing – most classroom teachers would be creative if left to their own devices rather than be force fed curriculum by politicians who think they understand education and the process of learning.
Excellent point! Both of Hannah’s parents are educators and feel the same way. It’s one of the many reasons we home school.