Nurturing Creativity in Children's Education
Please take a few moments to watch this brilliant and positively inspiring presentation video as shown on the http://www.ted.com website:
"Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity."
Sir Ken Robinson believes creativity is as important as literacy - I couldn't agree more. So, I spent the evening researching his publications, presentations and interviews. Here are some of the few of things Sir Ken Robinson points out:
- "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
- "Human communities depend upon a diversity of talents, not a singular conception of ability."
- "Education has become like Fast Food."
- "It's about passion and what excites our spirit and our energy."
I love to read books and somewhere along the way I recall reading these two lines, which have had a profound effect on my own (approach) work over the years and I'd like to share them with you:
"FEARS about yourself prevent you from doing your BEST work. FEARS about your listeners/viewers prevent you from doing your OWN work." - When I remember who wrote these two wonderful lines, I'll come back add the author/book.
If you're interested, here are some articles I wrote:
- Arts and Science in Australian mainstream - is this possible?
- Artists and their Freedom of Expression
- Young Artists Rising