Mr. Robinson’s TED talk is really interesting and yes, he´s right. Our education systems encourage anything but creativity. It seems that we all should know and do the same and there is no place for innovation. What a shame, but that’s what’s happening and what is being promoted in many countries (including ours). And no wonder, because Western thought promotes capitalism, which has as one of its bases to prepare a homogeneous production workforce to work and work and think as little as possible. That’s what the education system is doing to the children (and also probably what they made us).
In short, what Mr. Robinson means is that education promotes the fall of the innovation and creativity. For example, most of children aren’t frightened to be wrong; they just say what they think. But what happens is that our system punishes mistakes and gradually the children will lose the ability to improvise to avoid faults and, ultimately, become adults to be afraid of making mistakes.
In the other hand, he’s especially right in two points:
-The education system all over the world, promotes the idea that work-related issues are most important. For example, mathematics can be used for business; sciences allow us to advance in new technologies, etc. But we left out, and even have stigmatized, the arts, 'because these are good for nothing' or 'because you're not eating that'.
-The education system all over the world, promotes the idea that work-related issues are most important. For example, mathematics can be used for business; sciences allow us to advance in new technologies, etc. But we left out, and even have stigmatized, the arts, 'because these are good for nothing' or 'because you're not eating that'.
–All the world's educational policies seem to be designed to lead students to universities. Which isn’t bad, of course, but this means that all those who aren’t in universities, in fact, don’t have talents and set aside all their artistic abilities, or even sports, which not always enable them to go to the college.
In the next years titles are not going to be much use because there will be many people with college degrees so we will need for greater specialization and have even more titles and fill in our curriculum with different degrees in various specializations to show the rest, according to these roles, that I have more capabilities than the rest.
Anyway, what will happen is that in the future there won’t be a place for open minds, those devoted to art, the expression of self, music, dance, etc. There won’t be a place for the soul.
future with open minds... I would like this...
ReplyDeleteIt's true the actual education only creates cheap work force. The human being is not only intellectual but also physical
ReplyDeleteThe abilities are our characteristic like human being and we have to promote this idea, because we are creative persons in the all senses and sides.
ReplyDeletesoul's eduaction.. is like a dream
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