Today’s TED Talks
Sir Robinson expresses his views on the creative potential of our youth and how the current education system doesn’t nurture that but rather suppresses it with the same type educational stiffness designed for producing the workers for the industrial revolution. School causes kids to grow out of creativity. In this talk, he champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
Terry Ley, one of OLLI’s Writing Our Lives leaders, will lead the discussion of the topic and TED Talks.
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“If we are to have a revolution in education, it probably won’t come from the top down but from the bottom up. So what will it really involve?”
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
As a country, how can we better inspire our students — and support our educators? To explore ideas, TED, WNET, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have teamed up for a brand-new one-hour special, funded by CPB’s “American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen.” TED Talks Education is an exhilarating night of talks hosted by John Legend.