I really enjoyed the talk by Sir Ken Robinson. He had some amazing points about not educating just the mind but the whole being. People learn in different ways and should not be discriminated for doing so. I liked the comparison made between strip-mining the earth and doing the same to students’ minds. We should not be taking away from the children but enhancing them.
I also agree that the arts, such as painting, music and dance, are important to students. They should not be pushed to the side for other subject matter. Just like our lives have become video based information instead of reading, who is to say that in the future the arts aren’t more important than other subjects. I completely agree that we are taught not to make mistakes and that in turn hinders our creativity. Maybe bringing technology into the classrooms can help bring out the creativity in students as well as educate them in the “important subjects”.
If we are not making mistakes - and trying to corect those mistakes, we are not learning!
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