I just watched Sir Ken Robinson's video on school and creativity on the TED website.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Before reading the title I never thought creativity was important in the classroom. After watching his video on how he thinks "creativity is as important as literacy" I can only agree 100% with him. He also talked about how being 'wrong' has basically scared every one from school students to business people to branch out and be creative. He stressed that "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." Overall, I agreed with him. The only part I did not appreciate in this video was his ADHD jab. As a student with ADHD, hearing him say he's passionate about education and creativity and then making an ADHD joke turned me off.
This video will help me become a teacher by making me realize that creativity certainly is an important aspect in the classroom. It's sad that students have to worry about getting the 'right' answer and being scared of getting a 'wrong' answer. I don't want my students to "get educated out of creativity" as Sir Ken Robinson says. I will want my students to show creativity in every way they can in my classroom.
I completely agree with you. People don't think about how important creativity is. Just like we don't think play is important. All we ever think about is shoving a book and manipulatives in a child's face thinking that's all they need to learn. When really, its the discover and the creativity that helps them learn, especially at young ages. And I totally think people are afraid of being wrong as well. I had never heard it put like that until I watched this video. We need to open our eyes and change the way people look at creativity in schools.
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