Sir Ken Robinson's lecture at TED is amazing! He manages to break down and point all that is wrong with education in 15 short minutes. He points out that reforming education is pointless. Why should we spend time and resources on trying to fix something that is severely broken? This is why Sir Ken Robinson proposes that education needs a revolution. He proposes taking away the linearity, narrow, manufacturing means of education and acknowledge that education should be agricultural. Education must get away from standardization and realize that not every person is the same. People are made of different talents and will succeed in different ways. When the educational system begins to respect that people flourish differently we will see better education. It is not possible to control every humans outcome but it is possible to control the environment in which people develop. Students are no longer passionate about education. It is important for people to love what they are doing. If a person does not love or feel moved by something they are never going to enjoy it.
Overall Sir Ken Robinson's lecture has me motivated and excited about revolutionizing education in today's world. However, he is right about it not being easy. According to Sir Ken Robinson, in order to innovate something we must challenge something we take for granted or label as obvious and that is extremely hard. I am not sure how to revolutionize education across America just yet but I know for my classroom it will be to move away from a standardized style of learning to a more creative and interactive style.
Holly, this is a great post. I like your thought on how no education is the same. Keep up the great work.
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