Tony Buzan, the originator of mind mapping, spoke to an audience of teachers about the research pointing to a serious, global Creativity Crisis. He articulated the central role of teachers to nurture brilliance and creativity to overcome the consequences of not teaching how to learn.
His words are powerful;
...there is a catastrophe occurring; it is a demolition of creativity, a demolition of dreams.and
It is not creativity vs. curriculum or curriculum vs. creativity. Creativity is the engine of all curricula.
Watch his presentation here:
Then, watch this entertaining video of Sir Ken Robinson at TED 2006 asking, "Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Help put an end to the global creativity crisis. Recognize, value and nurture creativity.
3 comments:
Right on! I like when he gets to saying you have a choice to teach people how to learn and then start learning, compared to just trying to learn everything rote.
Gosh, sounds like the MCAS problem in MA. Yet, I think that demonstrating learning is good. Maybe if the MCAS was founded on a more "higher order" thought process like this one presented here, we could truly show more.
This is one of my very favorite videos!
Karen,
I wanted to let you know that your blog will be one of five I'll be highlighting on Blog Day 2007 (August 31st). I know your is not necessarily "new," but I think it will be new to my readers.
Keep up the great work!
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