Hi. Today I have to wright about Ken Robinson's talk.
To be honest, I totally agree with this man. Although the speech was in fact very persuasive and charming, his point of view, within information and proofs from another sources, is quite right for me and true.
I think that the bottom of this problem arises from the idea of education since the 19th century. Don't forget that in those days the main objective was work and the production of industry more and more every day. It is easy to understand why the world wide system put in an education method the most "useful" subjects (in a certain way) on the top. They needed people able to work and to obey. Of course that an artist would not fit in that world, specially if we mend to the function of the artist in that time: the professionals were practically independent workers and their creations were the most for culture and recreation.
The thing is, that education system wasn't always like this. At least, in the ancient Greece, teachment was about all kind of knowledge, that included science, mathematics, literature, sports and also dance, music, even cooking, etc. because not only the mind has to learn things, but the whole body (like Robinson saying about the function of body only for transportation for the head). And that is a strong reason of the decrease of our creativity: all we do in thirteen years of school is to sit in a chair and listen and follow instructions. Just like a machine. Created by another men. Maybe this could be a transformation of the human being into a machine, like once was the personification while the machine was being created. With a system like that is so much easy to have a control.
Well... closing the chat, I found very interesting what he said about mistakes. They actually need to be observed, instead of being eliminated, and also punish people for doing them. Mistakes not always are bad ideas. I think that a solution for this could be that schools would do more open tasks, in wich kids can use their imagination. And every different offer should be allowed to do. Using this method, maybe not everyone find the artist inside, like Picasso says, but the children a few years later might have their mind clearer to figure out what to do in the future, instead of studying any career only because someone said so.
Mr. Robinson speaks only about the school. Maybe school is not the whole problem, but the world today. But one thing is true: that school and education is really the root of the situation. Because with kids without any tool of the knowledge of creativity and diversity, we have later adults that can't do nothing about it.
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Hi. Today I have to WRITE about Ken Robinson's talk.
To be honest, I totally agree with this man. Although the speech was in fact very persuasive and charming, his point of view, information and proofs from DIFFERENT sources ARE quite right for me and true.
I think that this problem arises from the idea of education FROM the 19th century. Don't forget that in those days the main objective was TO work and TO PRODUCE more and more every FOR the industry day. It is easy to understand why the world wide system put in an education method the most "useful" subjects (in a certain way) on the top. They needed people able to work and to obey. Of course an artist would not fit in that world, specially if we THINK OF the function of the artist in that time: the professionals were practically independent workers and their creations were most for culture and recreation.
The thing is, that education system wasn't always like this. At least, in the ancient Greece, EDUCATION was about all kindS of SUBJECT OF knowledge, THEY included science, mathematics, literature, sports and also dance, music, even cooking, etc. because not only the mind HAD to learn things, but the whole body (like Robinson SAYS about the function of body only for transportation for the head). And that is a strong reason of the decrease of our creativity: all we do in thirteen years of school is to sit in a chair, listen and follow instructions. Just like a machine. Created by another men. Maybe this could be a transformation of the human being into a machine, like once IT was the personification while the machine was being created. With a system like that IT is much easIER to have control.
Well... closing the chat, I found very interesting what he said about mistakes. They actually need to be observed, instead of being eliminated, and also punish people for doing them. Mistakes are always not bad ideas. I think that a solution for this could be that schools would do more open tasks, in WHICH kids can use their imagination. And every different offer should be allowed to BE doNE. Using this method, maybe not everyone find the artist inside, like Picasso says, but a few years later the children might have their mind clearer to figure out what to do in the future, instead of studying any career only because someone said so.
Mr. Robinson speaks only about the school. Maybe school is not the whole problem, but the world today. But one thing is true: that school and education is really the root of the situation. Because with kids without any tool of the knowledge of creativity and diversity, we have later adults that can't do nothing about it.