Sir Ken Robinson: A Key Thinker in Education
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By Ishani Mehta
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- Context
- I have worked in education as a teacher, researcher, trainer, examiner adviser for 40+ years. My work has revealed education is tailored to fit university expectations, stunting organic education, while the Arts have shown benfits for diverse learners.
- The Problem with Education Today
- Conformity
- While education systems worldwide are being reformed, many of these reforms are being driven by political commercial interests that misunderstand how real people learn and how great schools actually work.
- Compliance
- Purpose of Education
- Personal: Education should enable young people to engage with the world within them as well as the world around them.
- Economic: Education should enable students to become economically responsible and independent.
- According to Robinson
- Cultural: Schools should enable students to understand their own cultures and to respect the diversity of others.
- Social: Education should enable young people to become active and compassionate citizens.
- Key Ideas
- Teachers must Engage, enable, expect $ empower
- Adapting the schedules to the different rates at which students learn
- Divergent thinking an essential capacity for creativity, thinking laterally
- Creativity Play in Instruction Learning
- Implication
- As a teacher I can apply these ideas in my classroom through conceptual thinking, collaboration, role-play, practical engagement the use of flipped classrooms as just a few examples.
- Critique
- The biggest critique of Robinson's work would be that he does not provide original practical medthods of applying these ideas to the classroom. While he uses plentiful examples of how he has seen other educators bring about these changes, there is a lack of information on how to actually implement these creative ideas into actionable outcomes.
- Assessing students in ways that support their personal progress and achievement
- Agile Classrooms to support diverse learners
- Enabling students to pursue their particular interests and strengths
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