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Ken Robinson on Creativity in Education

Ken argues that creativity should be valued equally with literacy in education but that children are taught not to be wrong. The education system treats being wrong as the worst thing when creativity requires being willing to make mistakes. Additionally, the hierarchy of subjects in education prioritizes math and language over arts and was designed for the industrial revolution, not current times. Overall, the speech advocates for redefining education to foster imagination and creativity to help children face an uncertain future.

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Ken Robinson on Creativity in Education

Ken argues that creativity should be valued equally with literacy in education but that children are taught not to be wrong. The education system treats being wrong as the worst thing when creativity requires being willing to make mistakes. Additionally, the hierarchy of subjects in education prioritizes math and language over arts and was designed for the industrial revolution, not current times. Overall, the speech advocates for redefining education to foster imagination and creativity to help children face an uncertain future.

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Ken's Speech Review

Ken thinks that creativity is as important in education as Literacy. However, children are being
taught how not to be wrong. Ken argues that being creative means that you have to be willing to be
wrong, and the education system treats being wrong as the worst thing possible. In doing this,
education teaches away children’s natural urge to ‘give it a go’.

All education systems globally have a ‘hierarchy’, with math and language at the top, social
sciences in the middle and arts at the bottom. This is because the childhood education system was
developed to satisfy the industrial revolution of the 19th century, where math and science was essential
for jobs, but times have changed. While once people just needed school for a good job, then a bachelor
degree, and now that alone is no guarantee for a job. Degrees have had a form of inflation over time,
and this shows it is shifting too quickly. Having children go to school just to attend university is not really
equipping them to work any more.

Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this speaker. This speech is by far one of the best speeches I
have ever heard- and that is on TED standards. We need to redefine our education system – our current
way is one of ‘strip mining’ our children for the most desired properties. We now need to use our
imaginations and creativity wisely, to face an uncertain and problematic future. We may not see this
future, but need to equip our children to conquer it. I was very convinced by Sir Ken Robinson and what
he had to say about the nature of creativity in our schools. I will definitely reference this speaker in the
future.

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