PRESENTED BY:JENNY S., ROBBIE B., SARAH S., ALYSSA Z. STEPH V., MARIKA M., WILL B., JACKSON G., NORA L.

Creativity for the Future: Based Off Video By Sir Ken

Robinson

Video

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66

Speaker Background

Sir Ken Robinson has authored many books concerning education

Knighted for his contribution toward education

1998- Chaired National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education

Quotes/Anecdotes

 "creativity is as important as literacy and should treat it with same status"

-3:25 "if you're not prepared to be wrong, you will

never come up with anything original"-6:00

"educating people OUT of our capacities"-6:30

Piccaso Quote: “All men are born artists”

Issues Presented by Video

Education undermines creative processes

Schools fail to recognize talents of brilliant people

By focusing on core subjects, ability to think creatively and effectively decreases

Problems with Today’s Society

Teachers grading students creativity

Determining the level of creativity

How to improve one’s creativity

Tradition vs. Modern thinking

Significance

Importance of a new generation with the ability to think “out of the box”

People need more creativity to become successful instead of general knowledge

Problem solving capabilities

Individuals become more open-minded

Glenbrook Academy

Less busy work and memorization allows for enriching creative thoughts

Encourage comprehensive thinking and discussions that will benefit later in business

Provide thinking tools that cannot be replaced by cheap labor or robotics

Research Claim

Daniel Pink- Believes in order to become successful in the coming years, one needs the ability to use both the left and right side brain.

Recognized the emergence of displacing manual labor and the indispensible nature of jobs that promote creative left brained thinking

Resolutions

More programs in school that emphasize discussion, such as the Academy

Less stress on grades and more on learning

Equal weight on all subjects, including core academic classes, music, art, dance, and theater