Professor Ken Robinson & the importance of creativity

Jen Farrant

About me

• Creative & strategic thinker • Arts manager & consultant• Arts Award Adviser • Arts Award Supporter Consultant • Trinity College London • Shakespeare Schools Festivals • Pop Up Festival • Royal Opera House Bridge

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What are we going to do?

• Talk about creativity • Listen to Ken Robinson – my education hero• Discuss his ideas• No wrong answers • Often isn’t a right answer• Which is the point......

What is this?

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What am I talking about?

• Why have I started my presentation like this? • What am I trying to get you to think about? • CLUE – think of the title of my presentation!

What can you do with this?

What do you think?

• In your groups discuss this • Do you agree? • Disagree? • Any personal experience you are happy to

share?

Creativity

• The creative industries are the UK’s fastest growing industry

• This includes gaming, media, film, theatre, etc. • But! • There is more to creativity than just the

creative industries....but before we move onto that...

UK Film Industry

• directly generating 43,900 full time jobs • contributing £1.6 billion to national GDP. • In employment terms, the industry is larger

than fund management and the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

• contributed over £4.6 billion to UK GDP • £1.3 billion to the Exchequer (2011)• UK film industry has been

very positive with GDP growth consistently outstripping the UK as a whole

• Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of the UK film Industry

Kate Winslet

• Worth £60m to the UK economy

• Inc tourism • Her revenue• Jobs generated • ‘general promotional effect’• Guardian Article

Danny Boyle

• Did drama at university • Worked at joint stock theatre • Royal court theatre • Old Vic • Trainspotting• Slumdog millionaire • Olympic opening ceremony

• Wikipedia article

How does Ken Robinson’s speech relate to this....

STEM

• Science, technology, engineering and maths• All requires creativity • Thinking outside of the box • Think of Star Trek and the first tricorder...

Star Trek....Now

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Creativity

• How would you encourage creativity within schools?

You are not just teaching dance, drama and music

You are teaching so much, much more

Conclusion

• Education is stifling creativity • Creativity is vital to our futures• You are providing young people with amazing

skills and experiences which will last them the rest of their lives

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