changing paradigms ken robinson
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• Schools try to teach students as they taught 100 years ago. Students need an education connected with reality
• In the XVII and XIX century students were educated in order to get a job in the industrial economy.
• But nowadays, it is false that if you are a good student you will get a job.
OLD FASHION EDUCATION
• In the XVIII century first public schools were created.
• People belonging to upper class didn’t want that poor people had the opportunity of getting free education.
• Public Schools democratized Education.
OLD FASHION EDUCATION
• Children are living one of the most intense and stimulated periods of ever.
• Really difficult you can get their attention to a boring class.
• Due to this ADHD Diagnoses has increased in the latest years.
• They are medicated to calm them down.
ACTUALITY
• Creativity is the process of having ideas of value.
• Children in Kidergarten are more creative than they are at the end of Primary Education.
• Schools do not encourage children to take risks • Children need to know that mistakes are part of
the learning process.• We all have this capacity• We better learn in groups, stop individualising.
SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
• Creativity is the process of having ideas of value.
• Children in Kidergarten are more creative than they are at the end of Primary Education.
• Schools do not encourage children to take risks • Children need to know that mistakes are part of
the learning process.• We all have this capacity• We better learn in groups, stop individualising.
SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
• Schools must change their methodology.• Lessons should be:
– More participative and collaborative– Based on teamworking activities– Fostering creativity and critical thinking– Encouraging students to take risks. – Letting them know that mistakes are part of
the learning process
EDUCATIVE REVOLUTION!
• Stop educating children by batches.
• Avoid using standarised education.
• Taking into account different learning styles
• Fostering creativity
• Children should be awaken up in order to get as much as they have inside.
EDUCATIVE REVOLUTION!
EDUCATIVE REVOLUTION!