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Ken Robinson on Do Schools Kill Creativity?

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

After watching the above link please respond to the inquiry questions below. Begin by writing the names of your group members, then copy and paste the inquiry questions and then respond.

1. According to this author, what is the purpose of school? 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? 3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? 4. How is success determined in this school?

Lilly, Ben, Maddy -Creativity is as important as literacy -If you are not prepared to be wrong, you won’t be able to come up with anything original -School’s disregard mistakes, therefore kids will never make mistakes or take risks -You don’t grow into creativity, you get educated out of it -People are taught only in the head, slightly to one side

Do school kill creativity? -Children have talents. We should give kids more time for creativity. But we don’t. -Creativity is very important like the rest of our core subjects. -School would look very unique because of all the creativity in the school. -There may be no set classes just do what you want to when you feel like it. -Creativity would allow kids to express their inner talent and that would make things in the school unique. -If you are not prepared to be wrong then you can’t make anything that is original.

-Things that kids are good at are being FLATENED by the enemy of our youth world, The Public Education System. -They are educating us OUT of creativity. -They are trying to make us into ROBOTS to do things that are important for someone else. -We NEED to bring out the creativity in ALL of us. -Schools CRUSH and DESTROY all hopes of doing fun and creative jobs in our world. -We MUST stop the DEATH of our great creations that live inside of ourselves. -Creativity is being original and the world around us has NO CARE for our great ideas. By: Reed D 8.4 (In group with Reed, Nick, Calder, Brandon)

-Education goes deep like religion and money -Kids have large capacities for imagination -All kids have imaginations but we squander them -Creativity has the same impotence as literacy and we should teach it just as much -Kids pay more attention when they can be creative -Everybody has an interest in education -Mistakes are not bad… we are educating ourselves out of our creativity -Everyone has the same subject wherever you go -Arts are at the bottom of the scale -University proffers are what education trains you for but it is not the best… they live in their heads -Are education system is around the needs of industrialism -In the next thirty years more people will be graduating in the next thirty years then any other time in history -Degrees are worth nothing now -We think in many ways -Intelligence is distinct -Some people have to move to think… This is a good way to learn -Our only hope for the future is to develop a new way to learn and to teach -If all insects on the earth died, within fifty years the world would be dead… if all humans died with fifty years all species on the earth would flourish -Hierarchy of schools…. Math, science, humanities, art LEXY AND EVY!**
 * LEXY AND EVY!

Mac, Dan and Brody 1. According to this author, what is the purpose of school?We have no idea what education is going to be like in 5 years, and that we can’t predict what we are going to do. 2. What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting, what does this tell us about what matters-what is valued? Education has become more creative and the children are more open to their own thinking and we are learning from seeing them interact. Instead of being in straight rows kids have the opportunity to sit their piers, to interact and come to conclusions about questions they ask. 3. What is valued in the curriculum/what is worth knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued? They are incur raging creativity and interaction with other students because they are more open to learning new things from others and teachers instead of just the teacher. 4. How is success determined in this school? By being creative, and having the students be more open-minded. -Ted says that you are born with creativity. - He says the education board is taking away from our creativity.

=Alex, Jags, Carson=

-All children are born artists -We do not gain creativity, we are bron with it. Education sepereates us from it. -Every education system on earth has the same priority list. The arts are at the bottom of this list. -The purpose of education through out the world is to produce university professors -University professors should not be the ideal human. They live in their heads, and slightly to one side. Disembodied, their bodies are just transport for their heads. -Our education system is based on the acedemic ability. -Stray away from the arts because they lead you to believe that those jobs are un attainable. -intelligence is diverse, intelligence is dynamic, intelligence is interactive.


 * __Will, Rob, and Gabby__**

Accodring to this author, what is the purpose of school? At the moment the purpose is to produce university proffesors according to this author. He thinks the purpose should be to help kids use their creativity.

What does the physical space look like? Describe the school setting. The classes for core subjects such as math, science, LA, and social would be arranged in pods of tables. There would also be collaborative rooms for people to intigrate all subjects and utliize all of of their brain and body. There would be a teacher looking over to make sure everyone is working and to help when needed. Everybody would be collaborating and coming and going as they pleased. There would be a dance, drama, art, study room, where people could go as they wished to exercise their own creativity. There would be an amount of required knowledge that would be needed in everyday life, and you would also have your own requirments according to your specific vision for your future. If you were planning on persuing dance you could focus on that and also work in a class on stuff you will need (from all core subjects intermingled) in your future.

What does this tell us about what matters/what is valued? This tells us that the potential of humans creativity is what is valued, as well as people keeping their creativity and growing in it as they go through life.

What is the value in this curriculum? What is knowing and doing in this school? What is not valued?

People learning everything they will need for life while exploring different subjects to find their passion and where their creativity is enhanced the most. And once they find their passion using it to help you grow in your creativity. Learning things that will not help later in their life, enhance their creativity, and is not useful to them.

How is success determined in this school? When students have broadened their horizons and creative potential to help them follow their life path using inquiry and creativity.