Our educational institutions have been under the microscope for some time now, but over the last few years they finally made it to Hollywood and now everyone is sharing their ideas. Kryptonite anyone? I do not think the answer is easy, but I do think that changes need to be made. Even in the books I have been reading lately, Linchpin, Whole New Mind, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, and a number of others, it seems education is definitely an underlying topic. These are not traditional education books, but I think they all speak to the same reader, and Amazon agrees, just look at the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” section, these books are all within 3 to 5 covers apart.
I recently came across this RSA (The Royal Society for the Arts) Animate on Changing Education Paradigms, the audio was an abridged version of a speech by Sir Ken Robinson on Changing Paradigms in 2008 and then and then illustrated in 2010. Robison is a strong advocate for the arts in education and is international advisor on education in the arts. It is worth watching and showing your students. The second video is his unabridged speech, which is also worth watching but almost an hour long. - Cornell
Watch this video - 10+ minutes.
Here is Robinson’s full lecture from 2008 - 55+ minutes.
