Are we killing creativity?

[Helen Otway]

I was alerted to this video just recently and found it particulary interesting. I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

[Rob Crupi]

Hi Helen,
I love the relaxed approach of the presenter.
Creativity v Literacy are not mutually exclusive. What about a creative literacy?
How true..if you can't make a mistake you will never learn.
Maths and Languages are not at the top in Australia. Maths and English is. LOTE is relegated to the bottom.
I thought he was very funny with some good general ideas. Academic ability notion is spot on re Uni entrance. "Academic inflation" is a great term.
Now I know why women are better at multitasking...I still have probs frying an egg.
ADHD..could be the scourge of the late 20 th/21st century! Are we over diagnosing kids with an alphabet soup of conditions?
cheers
Rob

[Deb Hicks]

I love Ken Robinson's presentations. This one is particularly good. I have been sharing it with schools for a year now and I am yet to find an audience who didn't enjoy it! It's a great discussion starter. He knows how to provide 'food for thought' in the most palatable way! If you have access to YouTube it's worth watching some of his other presentations.

[Rob Crupi]

Helen,
this is such a thought provoking and dare I say provocative topic that it should prove to be popular in the conference. I've had a google at what some people say on the topic and I particularly like the forthrightness of the following observer:
http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/creativitykillers.html

[Todd Conaway]

Sir Ken is great. In our latest "webletter" for the college we added another video of his. The TED talks are an amazing resource.

[Suzette]

Great video Helen! Very entertaining. Because of the focus on academic performance – “educating from the neck up” as Sir Ken calls it people with a learning difficulty or a disability can feel ‘stupid’ despite being skilled dancers, artists or athletes. Here is an interesting clip from YouTube called "I am angry at my reading and writing disability”