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Creatively Speaking, Part One: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind
The internationally renowned innovation consultant calls for transformation, not just reformation, of public education. More to this story.
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Release Date: 05/28/08
Running Time: 16 min.
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Produced and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Coordinating Producer/Editor:
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Intern:
- Neil Tan
Camera Crew:
- Brian Cardello
- Michael Sullivan
- Tony Jensen
- Neil Tan
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- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
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Sir Ken Robinson's remarks were recorded on April 10, 2008, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit, a gathering in San Francisco of more than one hundred school superintendents from around the world. Robinson is the author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative.
This video is the first part of a two-part presentation. To learn more, view the second part.
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Agree wholeheartedly with Sir
Agree wholeheartedly with Sir Ken's ideas. We need to allow children to develop their creative innovative skills so they that they can influence future society in a way that is collaborative. I particularly like the idea of eeing several answers to the same question and of using this thinking as a broad based approach to problem solving.
let's get on with it
If you are inspired by this- let's identify ways we can get on with it!
Brilliant! Sir Ken
Brilliant! Sir Ken Robinson's speech has made me think of the school system in our country, of all its modern problems. I think now what I can do myself for education, what every human being can do. I agree 100% with Sir Ken Robinson on the need for a systematic change in education. But if we want to create systematic change, we must open our education system to the world.
I'm sorry to be a detractor
I'm sorry to be a detractor but although I have really enjoyed Sir Robinson's talks, I think that he is advocating an impossible and idealist agenda. Yes creativity, we are all for it.... who isn't? But seriously what is the curriculum? More importantly, who would employ someone that had not gone through the system?
I agree wholeheartedly with
I agree wholeheartedly with Sir Ken. Public education has been headed in the wrong direction for many years. Our testing regimen focuses on "right answers" but we should be cultivating students' abilities to ask thoughtful questions that spur their interests in learning and discovery. Our young people's future will depend on this.
Why it WONT WORK?!
People with your opinion will continue to stifle those who feel inspired to change. We are up against an army, but it did not stop David! We are responsible for squandering our opportunity to REACH and TEACH our students. It's not working. We all feel this! We have to get behind something and push with all our might. Or we can stand her and say, that's too idealistic, forget it. This is the way it is and always will be. (shrug).... Get passionate or we will not change anything- except our jobs because we'll get too tired.
Sir Ken Robinson
This is an amazing talk by Sir Ken.
Here is another [longer] version [with local color] of a similar talk given at the RSA in June of 2008. Just below the movie there is a link to download the file as a Quicktime video.
http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/sir-ken-robinson
It is very nice that we can
It is very nice that we can meet people like Sir Ken. I like that he thinks a lot about the changes in an ordinary system of the education. Creativity is still actuel at present.
Sir Ken Robinson
You know I have read much information about this popular men. And everything he writes and everything he says is truth. Of course from my part I suggest to read one or two books, that are enough to understand his mind.
I do not understand you
I do not understand what it is you are trying to say?
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