The current education system, particularly K-college, is overly focused on standardized testing and rote learning, which negatively impacts students’ creativity. This approach has led to a protracted process of university entrance, which often favors critical thinking over creativity. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson has argued for a radical rethinking of the education system, focusing on cultivating creativity and acknowledging multiple types of intelligence.
Schools can diminish creativity by the teaching style they use, with subjects like math, science, and history often being taught in a rote manner. Robinson’s Ted Talk, “How Schools Kill Creativity”, argues for the need to reform existing education models. He claims that “we don’t grow into creativity; we grow out of it”.
The current education system often makes people afraid of being wrong, which stifles their creativity. Our teaching methods in schools are demolishing creativity, as students have lost their capacity for creation simply because they don’t stimulate creativity.
In her A-Levels, Miranda Stephenson reflects on how the school system’s focus on examination and functionality harms the learning process. By fostering a culture that nurtures creativity and acknowledges multiple intelligences, we can create a more effective and effective education system.
📹 How Our Education System Kills Creativity || BlackDad Clip
Do you wonder if our education system kills creativity? In this clip of my critique on schools I discuss a brief history of public …
📹 Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than …
😢 I remember when I was elementary school, my teacher and some of classmates bully me a lot because I’m being sensitive, hard of pay attention during class, always do something weird. And my secondary school, high school I different with other and being introvert, not follow the majority so I get much bully than elementary school🙄 But now college I study art and design, and my classmate is so good, friendly, open mind
I was labeled as “gifted” at a young age. I began to read and write far earlier than most of my peers and have consistently performed well with reading and writing. In elementary school, I would get my books taken away because I would read instead of doing my work. I’m 18 now and am currently failing high school. I might not graduate even though I still excel in language arts and am considered an intellectually advanced individual. I have so much to offer, but society doesn’t value art and creativity and musicality. I play violin and am very passionate about it, but can’t practice “too much” or make my own music because it doesn’t help me graduate. I can’t write novels or learn animation because that doesn’t help me graduate either. All of the things I am good at and passionate about… they don’t matter if I cant pass trigonometry and government. Having ADHD on top of all of this has made school torturous. But of course, nothing matters in this world if you don’t have money, and so I fall lower and lower by pursuing my passions and talents.
Encountered a “different” history book in Project Gutenberg that might interest you: The History of Commerce by Clive Day The last reprint was 1925 though the edit was 1922. It is written like a textbook with questions ending each chapter. It goes into technology affecting commerce (economics) which the usual history books I have seen do not. The last chapters, post WWI are fascinating since we know what is coming. I am 2/3rds thru though I jumped on the WWI portion first.
The sad thing is when your family thinks highly of school & university, to the fact that they view teachers and uni doctors alike are angels. I wasted my time on something I hate, and I felt like a stranger in both. And I only found what I wanted to do a few years ago, which is mythology and writing. But I can’t bring myself to tell them, because to them what I will do won’t make me live rich or with sufficient money to live with. I can’t say I don’t want money, but this is the last thing I’m thinking of. I’m now left with nothing I can say “I achieved.” It hurt me so badly as I think of it.
Hello comment section! I can confirm all of this is verry true, I am a freshmen in a top of the district highschool. All the time I get these kinds of negative comments from teachers in class often saying I need to have an “open mind” or to “stop writing whatever the hell you are writing and do the problem” and to top it all off that I just “dont care” Normaly most people give up and do the work, however I contine to do this out of pure spite. To be honnest it is a bad habbit I have but its something im proud of as it has protected my most valued talent. for those who say to go to an art school, im sorry to break it you you but its also just as bad. Belive it or not you will also get backlash for doing something diffrent there too! (ps: this was an unplanned rant so sorry if none of this makes sence to you guys but other than that take care and stay safe<3 )
Something that you might find interesting has turned up in Project Gutenberg: When Africa Awakes by Hubert H. Harrison I am almost ashamed to say that I never heard of him but it kind of looks like plenty of “Black Intellectuals” helped shove him under the rug. I would have liked to have read it in 7th grade.
I agree with everything in this vid. Society has become so Neurotic that it’s sad an devastating. – Is it ok to unschool/homeschool (in any other method) in the farm or countryside, you know… like farm school, nature school and stuff like that? I love that idea but the most popular opinion about it is that it ‘isolated’ kids and teenagers from the real world. I don’t believe it but it’s worth considering and thinking. what do you think @BlackDad and the rest of the viewers?
These are excellent points. I was born in 1960 and from my point of view, the changes made to the educational system since the 1960’s are akin to the changes made to the gas can. Over time, a simple, easy and effective design got turned it into such a complicated, inefficient and confusing devise, that many people are willing to pay a premium price in order to stay as far away from the new and improved design as they can possibly afford . Y’all too young to remember KISS – Keep it simple, silly 🙂
Schools don’t suggest weird books to read. Deathworld by Harry Harrison Night of the Trolls by Keith Laumer Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper All Free in Project Gutenberg. I talked to a few high school teachers a couple of years ago. They didn’t even know about Project Gutenberg. I have known about it since at least 2009. My very first SF book was added to it in 2006. Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse The miseducational system is designed to maintain controlled ignorance.
Thank you for this powerful message. It is very affirming to have an ex school teacher reach this conclusion…some days it is hard to follow the road less traveled but your messages make it easier. It is frustrating seeing so many YT homeschool influencers teaching others how to replicate public school at home. The irony. But, I started that way myself, so I get it, just a product of our environment. Thankfully, after 7 years of battling my homeschool fears, I have mostly conquered the public school mindset and am enjoying learning with my children again, even if they are obedient, its so much healthier and meaningful to let our individual creativity shine instead of stifling it with carefully curated curriculum that is cold and artificial in comparison to the joy of learning things naturally as we go along. Thank you!!