Hi, So I've recently been introduced two videos on the famous side TED that literately changed the way I look at education. The two videos in question are by Sir Ken Robinson, an english PhD in education(as far as I can see): The first is from 2006, and my guess would be that you guys may already have seen it:…
While my original post targeted the Danish education system since it's the only system that I've tried so far. That being said, I can see a failure from my side to express my opinion the right way. My point, relying heavily upon the visual medium, should have been targeted, Like Kat points out, every thing. Creative…
Dr Susan Greenfield wrote a controversial article in the Times or Guardian I think on that point. She effectively said there was a growing body of evidence to suggest that the Internet was likely to be accelerating or exasperating the problem because it does appear to be changing the way the brain is structured, to…
My answer would be yes. But it's not like it's an evil conspiracy or something. It's just considered that children do not know what they want out of their lives. And I guess that the majority of people to go through schools will have no necessity in "creative" subjects later on in their lives. So it's kinda rational for…
Hmm.. I didn't get that from his post. He mentioned working in a visual medium multiple times, so I assumed that meant traditional art. Anyway, there might be something to formal education depending upon rote memorization. A lot of knowledge is just that - there's no room for abstract thinking in a history class or…
No. It's kind of paranoid to think Danish and/or global education systems are out to suppress your creativity. Maybe they fail to encourage it, but no one is actively trying to keep you down. If anything, the emphasis is simply on developing future practical skills. You may not get much out of physics for example, but lots…