Be creative, think what others have never thought about. So easy to say and so much people say that in every day routine. Is that easy? while, I don't think so. Then, is creativity the key factor to make the world a happier place? I'm not positive about it too. I can understand what Sir Ken Robinson believes, but the world is not so easy.
First, creativity is not raised so easily. It is raised after deep thinking and a lot of conversations and debates with others which education helps. Also, not everyone can have creativity and thus needs education to support the creativity to develop and be activated. Killing education to save creativity is too radical and has so much risk that modern society cannot and should not face. For example, there is a saying that when there are 10 photographers, 6 cannot barely feed themselves, 3 can never save their money and only 1 can succeed and the reason is how much they are born with it. In this saying, we can see that creativity cannot be the answer for every people but only for some.
Moreover, creativity is not always the answer to the world. As in Korean proverb, traditions are one of the key knowledge and the source of the world to work. creativeness in society is ideal and can change the world positively but can also make serious problems because of lack of experience. Also, because of its originality, creativeness may not fit well to the society. For example, Lady Gaga's fashion is creative and original. However, can we adjust it into the whole society? I guess not.
Therefore, killing education to save creativity is to ideal and radical.
1. THB that education should focus on the gifted ones rather than the whole
2. THB that creativity should be the key factor for employing workers.
3. THB that following the tradition is more important than change in most aspect in the society
Robinson's ideas might seem radical, but we have to appreciate that his goal in a 20 minute speech is mostly to raise the question and effectively peak interest. I think he does that well, and do not think he is suggest, literally, that education is killing creativity and therefore must be discontinued. We have to consider that phrase and title of his speech figuratively. That said, I do agree that many points in his speech are very idealistic and impractical. But of course we can't deny that more creativity in schools would be a good thing. We also can't deny that this is evolving gradually. The example of Finland clearly shows a more modern approach to education is effective.
답글삭제Good motions.