Creativity is a thing people tend to see less and less of. Sir Ken Robinson proposes and asks the question “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” at a Tedtalk conference in 2006. Robinson’s main claim suggests that public education systems undermines creativity in education. Robinson supports his main claim with illustrations, examples, evidence, even comical and emotional appeals. “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” This TedTalk was given to educate people on the importance of creativity in education from toddler through adolescence, Robinson is attempting to change the education system so that creativity is nurtured as much as math and being literate. It was
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This is not an attack nor defense, some people may see it as an attack on teachers or public education, but it is a wake up call. Education needs to adapt to the needs of children and their futures. Robinson explains that when public education systems were developing at the beginning of the 19th century, they were made to meet the needs of industrialism. That is when the two main ideas were put into place. The hierarchy of education developed the ideas followed as the most useful subjects for going to work are on top. Referring back to the hierarchy of education, Robinson breaks it down as followed; the top mathematics, languages, and humanities, at the bottom of the hierarchy are the arts, and even within the arts there is a ranking, music at the top followed by art then drama and dance. The second idea is that the whole public education system is designed with one goal, and that is to be accepted into a university. With this system in place and the goal of going to a university, Robinson suggests that there is academic inflation. Academic inflation then become worthless, because with so many students with an education you need a masters degree where only a bachelors degree was required previously, so on and so forth. So Robinson is proposing a reevaluation of the education system and to change the end goals of …show more content…
I believe that anyone who listens to this Ted speech will not feel the same about education as they did before, and that was his intent. Robinson wants people to start thinking, realize the problems and then reconstruct the system children are educated around. The nature of the speech shows that Robinson may come from an accepting, educated, and open minded culture. In addition, the culture Robinson comes from may also prove he is kind, thoughtful, intelligent, hardworking, and passionate. All of the support Robinson used was relatable to contemporary times, there were examples from the 1930’s and even the Shakespearean era, but it always made its value in our current education system. Overall, Robinson was very impressive and inspiring by the appeals he made through out his speech. After someone listened to his speech, they should be able to walk away with enough knowledge on the subject to discuss the lecture with another
This is not an attack nor defense, some people may see it as an attack on teachers or public education, but it is a wake up call. Education needs to adapt to the needs of children and their futures. Robinson explains that when public education systems were developing at the beginning of the 19th century, they were made to meet the needs of industrialism. That is when the two main ideas were put into place. The hierarchy of education developed the ideas followed as the most useful subjects for going to work are on top. Referring back to the hierarchy of education, Robinson breaks it down as followed; the top mathematics, languages, and humanities, at the bottom of the hierarchy are the arts, and even within the arts there is a ranking, music at the top followed by art then drama and dance. The second idea is that the whole public education system is designed with one goal, and that is to be accepted into a university. With this system in place and the goal of going to a university, Robinson suggests that there is academic inflation. Academic inflation then become worthless, because with so many students with an education you need a masters degree where only a bachelors degree was required previously, so on and so forth. So Robinson is proposing a reevaluation of the education system and to change the end goals of …show more content…
I believe that anyone who listens to this Ted speech will not feel the same about education as they did before, and that was his intent. Robinson wants people to start thinking, realize the problems and then reconstruct the system children are educated around. The nature of the speech shows that Robinson may come from an accepting, educated, and open minded culture. In addition, the culture Robinson comes from may also prove he is kind, thoughtful, intelligent, hardworking, and passionate. All of the support Robinson used was relatable to contemporary times, there were examples from the 1930’s and even the Shakespearean era, but it always made its value in our current education system. Overall, Robinson was very impressive and inspiring by the appeals he made through out his speech. After someone listened to his speech, they should be able to walk away with enough knowledge on the subject to discuss the lecture with another