An analysis of modern education by Sir Ken Robinson

Oh. My. Goodness. Back to listening to Sir Ken Robinson. (Last visited in October 2008.)

Stunned. And entertained. And inspired!



I'm bummed that the RSA Animate people quit animating before Sir Robinson finished his talk!

Below, I have also included the original, very much longer (and slower, but still extremely pleasant and inspiring!) version of the talk--including many more practical illustrations and sidelight bunny-trails.

If you want to "get right into it" from the point where he begins his talk above, start listening at 12:47:



The animated version "finishes" at 50:56 in the orginal!

If you want to see how he ends the speech, I'd suggest "checking back in" at 52:02.

Enjoy!

--Thanks, Keith, for the initial link!

Oh. PS. At about 9:00 into the animated version, the illustrator fails to convey a few pieces of essential information that you know Robinson is showing his original audience. He's talking about the percentage of people, at different ages, tested at the genius level for divergent thinking.

By watching the original speech (at around the 49:00 mark), I discovered that the statistics were the following:

Age	Divergent Thinking Geniuses
3-5	98%
8-10	32%
13-15	10%
25+	2%

Fighting with the classroom school system? Not enjoying your homeschool experience? Ken Robinson offers some words of hope and inspiration

"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you will not come up with anything original," says Sir Ken Robinson in this inspiring video about education.

"We educate people out of their creative capacities by stigmatizing mistakes," he says.

Inspiring, witty, and, I expect, well worth the 16 minutes it will take you to watch:



By the way: I have pre-ordered a copy of his soon-to-be-released book, mentioned in the video, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything.