Ken Robinson On Saving The American Education System

Yet again Sir Ken Robinson delivers a TED Talk that rightly skewers the misguided trends within the American educational system. In this brilliant talk Robinson outlines three principles crucial for the human mind to flourish and how the current education culture works against them. With both insight and humor he offers suggestions on how we can emerge from the educational “death valley” and how we can best nurture our youngest minds with an atmosphere of possibility. He suggests that it is only by honoring the creativity that resides within all students and fostering the creative side of the teaching profession that we will fix what’s wrong with the American school system.

I also love that Robinson points out that we often lose sight of the fact that education is ultimately about learning. That appears to be an obvious observation I know, but too often we seem to focus on the educational process to the exclusion of making sure if any actual learning is taking place.

Ken Robinson is one of the most important and influential voices in the world regarding the reformation of how we educate our children. Take a few minutes and listen to what he has to say. I think you’ll be impressed. I’d love to read your comments once you have viewed the video.