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Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Ted Talks - Ken Robinson

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY


Ken Robinson's talk 'do schools kill creativity?' is a talk I had to watch as part of my course.
I found the points Ken Robinson made and the opinions he had very interesting. I agree with what he says about children not being afraid to be wrong being a good thing because I think this helps children to understand that sometimes not everything has just one answer but it also helps them to learn and to have a go at pointing their point across and lets the teacher or whoever the person is to understand how they are thinking. He says that we are running our education systems now with the belief that mistakes are the worst things you can make. I don’t think that making mistakes are bad, I think that by making mistakes it’s easy for pupils to realise what is right and understand how the answer or statement they made was incorrect.
Ken Robinson says that he believes that creativity in education today is as important as literacy; this is something that I also believe. I think that it’s extremely important for children to be creative and for their parents and teachers to encourage their creativity. I also think that the point he makes about the more artistic subjects in schools being equally important to mathematics and languages is important... I think it's good to encourage children in the areas in school that they're the best at whether it is mathematics or drama.

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