14 Oct 2010
This RSA Animate is taken from a speech given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education expert and recipient of the RSA Benjamin Franklin award.
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Winlinuser - 02 Feb 2012 8:21pm
Fantastic! Could it be, however, that to teach in this way would give you a career expectation of around 20 minutes? Change of this sort MUST come from the top - and that is about as likely as me growing purple feathers.
Gill Graham Maw - 31 Jan 2012 4:06pm
I learned a lot in 5 minutes and it has given me hope for reorganisation of our educational system
SHeila Kelly - 21 Jan 2012 2:45pm
sheila kelly - I found this talk/animation stimulating and chiming with my own experience of schools and work with adults all my life. One of the issues I have with academics/intellectuals prism view of socieyt values is the lack of appreciation of the other gifts/ideas/creativity most people have if you dig deep enough and encourage them to explore their ideas - and how many have brought real benefits to their own lives and life of their community. Am conconcerned about the disconnect between younger people their use of techology and older generations.
Rajesh Santhanam - 10 Jan 2012 1:57pm
Dear Ken, I'm a teacher in India and we face almost identical problems of an industrial approach to education. Thank you for your enlightening talk and the animation is simply mind-blowing
G. E. Sharp - 06 Dec 2011 10:20am
Brilliant video and so, so true - so if we know this (and I'm now 64 and have so exceeded the expectations and criticisms of my parents teachers and our society) are we still doing things the 'old way'. ANSWER THAT PLEASE
David Marks - 22 Nov 2011 8:58pm
Brilliant stuff but what suggestions does he have to bring about what he suggests needs to be done?
Pascale croonenberghs - 17 Nov 2011 9:02pm
Hi, is it possible to get or buy a copy of the 'poster', the final image of this speech to put up in our Montessori classroom? Thanks My email is: croonenberghs@hotmail.com
Robin Martin - 16 Nov 2011 8:57am
Very intriguing and catches many main ideas that I saw throughout graduate school in Curriculum & Instruction. And yet...what about all the schools & classrooms & programs that ARE changing, that are pushing the borders of the paradigm into new areas? I thought for some reason the giant mind map was leading to possible breakthrough directions. And there are many examples, especially in the U.S. of Waldorf, Montessori, and independent schools (within & beyond public edcuation)...and yet, no mention of progressive & holistic approaches where new paradigms have begun not only to sprout but to blossom. Wonderful imagery to accompany the story...thank you!
Jeanette Hauger Nielsen - 21 Oct 2011 9:17am
Bob - 09 Sep 2011 7:44pm
I think the video says it all - but as the schools are locked into a vicious circle of league tables/press reports/parents beliefs/government targets/pressure on school results/league tables... - I expect nothing is going to change.
Lionel Playford - 07 Sep 2011 5:42pm
Given that governments in the UK are afraid of public opinion when it comers to messing with the education system, what hope is there of the radical change proposed by Sir Ken Robinson and presumably necessitated by our modern technological and globally competitive world?
Bekki - 30 Jul 2011 2:34pm
Very thought provoking. If you examine this argument alongside the work of Dr Ruby Payne which examines the hidden rules in our culture you can begin to think about children who come from "generational poverty" are less likely to succeed in our current education system. I have worked with these families for over a decade. I agree that there is a case for medication for children with ADHD however recently I have personally seen a trend in parents seeking a diagnosis for their child because the child is unable to follow the hidden class rules, and is unable to achieve in the current education system. Yet, once out of the system many of these children are able to enjoy, achieve and thrive. What does that tell us about our current education system?
Linda - 22 Jul 2011 10:39pm
I love it. Is very thought provoking.
Andrea - 13 Jul 2011 3:58pm
To Stephen mcewan - ever read "Atlas Shrugged"?
Stephen mcewan - 12 Jul 2011 12:45am
Nationalize the drug companies. Or burn them down. In no way can a business geared for profit act in a responsible,reasonable way nor generate wellbeing. Their primary function is always financial. Now their power in the media,government and society is un quaffable it is no surprise that there is a pill for your personality. Be careful what they cure next.
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Theophilus - 11 May 2011 12:02am
I NEED a poster of this wonderful artwork! Anywhere I can get this in High Resolution?
Andrew Lewis - 31 Jan 2011 10:43am
Ken, Often it is the half-truths that are the most insidious and worrying. This video presents some well reasoned ideas that many of us are likely to find very appealing. We get many things wrong in our state education systems: rigid education to suit the state not our children, the concept that all children should be educated in the same constrained manner, bizarre old-fashioned subjects taught in rigid individualistic ways, the complete neglect of creative skills etc. These points are well made but what is concerning is when Sir Ken moves into areas that demonstrate little understanding, experience or knowledge. My specific area of interest is ADHD, as I am ADHD myself, coach many adults with ADHD and have close experiences with ADHD children (not to say my own experience as a child). By the way I am 49 years old and had little of the "modern stimulation" that Ken refers to. Ken suggests that they is debate over the existence of ADHD. Not so, in medical circles there is almost unanimous agreement that there is a largely genetic, neurological difference in a small percentage of the population, that affects, concentration, interest and distractedness, currently called ADHD. Since ADHD lies on a spectrum and diagnosis is based on symptom lists it is very hard to be clear how many are affected but the epidemic Ken refers to is down-right silly, if not disingenuous. There is an epidemic of acceptance, knowledge and diagnosis of ADHD - not one of children developing ADHD. There is much more substantial scientific support (20,000+ papers from research, reports, and literature) for ADHD than dyslexia, dyspraxia and even bi-polar etc. ADHD has always been with us, it is that this segment of children and adults who tend to be more easily bored, less stimulated, often more creative, inventive and maverick than others has only finally been recognised and supported. Most adults who come to recognise they are ADHD welcome the diagnosis not because it means that can take a drug but because knowing you are ADHD means you can address you problems and tune your learning, work and life to better fit your personality traits. The extremely safe ADHD medications (far, far safer than aspirin), can help turn lives around. Children and adults may be able to concentrate enough to read a book for the first time, but they are not for all and can cause sleep, appetite problems and may sometimes reduce creativity too. The drugs are not much different than insulin for a diabetic, increasing brain dopamine levels for those short of this neuro-chemical of interest. Finally good points on creativity and divergent thinking though it would be an odd education indeed that did not help children start to weed out pointless or unworkable solutions to a problem (i.e. paperclip) as they grow older. Incidentally they is significant anecdotal evidence and some research that shows that children and adults with ADHD are better at divergent thinking and creativity, which are both facets of pattern recognition in the brain. So overall well done Ken 6/10, some excellent points well made but really you should try harder to research the areas in which you have little scientific appreciation before commenting. Andrew Lewis www.simplywellbeing.com
Ross McGill - 12 Jan 2011 8:06pm
Inspired and rekindled enthusiasm for a revolution in Education. Sir Ken - please show this to Michael Gove! I shared this with my teaching staff and they were INSPIRED; REFRESHED and SENSITIZED!! Thank you. Hi Lopa - below.
Lopa Patel - 11 Jan 2011 11:43am
Absolutely brilliant video! The animation really brings it to life. Just wish we could have the whole lecture so we can all think about the changing nature of education.
Justin K. - 10 Jan 2011 6:14am
I too would like a copy of this. At the end of the video .PDF's are mentioned. I can't seem to find them. I would love a wall sized version of this for my daughter's room. She is only one, but it would help me hope positively about her future; and push me to be a part of the solution and not the problem.
andy Mathieson - 03 Dec 2010 5:17pm
is there anywhere that I can obtain a copy of the cartoon?
Jane - 24 Nov 2010 10:17pm
Wow. I am a teacher in a "disadvantaged" school in South Western Sydney who is always looking for ways to teach my students more effectively. I am also the mother of a child diagnosed with ADD, but I have stopped giving her Ritalin because it felt so wrong. I loved this video - its content, its style - because it reinvigorated my belief that there are real answers out there, and it's worth the considerable effort to change our way of thinking about learning and schooling. Thank you Sir Ken Robinson.
Lee - 19 Oct 2010 5:11am
is there a way to get a poster copy of this?