The document discusses how education systems need reform. It notes that schools still teach the same way they did 100 years ago, rather than preparing students for the current reality. While education was once focused on getting industrial jobs, it no longer guarantees employment. The document also discusses how schools stifle creativity by discouraging risk-taking and mistakes. It calls for a more participative, collaborative and creative educational approach that fosters critical thinking and takes different learning styles into account.
HMCS Vancouver Pre-Deployment Brief - May 2024 (Web Version).pptx
Changing paradigms Ken Robinson
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2. • Schools try to teach students as they
taught 100 years ago. Students need an
education connected with reality
• In the XVII and XIX century students were
educated in order to get a job in the
industrial economy.
• But nowadays, it is false that if you are a
good student you will get a job.
OLD FASHION EDUCATION
4. • In the XVIII century first public schools
were created.
• People belonging to upper class didn’t
want that poor people had the opportunity
of getting free education.
• Public Schools democratized Education.
OLD FASHION EDUCATION
6. • Children are living one of the most intense
and stimulated periods of ever.
• Really difficult you can get their attention
to a boring class.
• Due to this ADHD Diagnoses has
increased in the latest years.
• They are medicated to calm them down.
ACTUALITY
8. • Creativity is the process of having ideas of
value.
• Children in Kidergarten are more creative than
they are at the end of Primary Education.
• Schools do not encourage children to take risks
• Children need to know that mistakes are part of
the learning process.
• We all have this capacity
• We better learn in groups, stop individualising.
SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
10. • Creativity is the process of having ideas of
value.
• Children in Kidergarten are more creative than
they are at the end of Primary Education.
• Schools do not encourage children to take risks
• Children need to know that mistakes are part of
the learning process.
• We all have this capacity
• We better learn in groups, stop individualising.
SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY
12. • Schools must change their methodology.
• Lessons should be:
– More participative and collaborative
– Based on teamworking activities
– Fostering creativity and critical thinking
– Encouraging students to take risks.
– Letting them know that mistakes are part of
the learning process
EDUCATIVE REVOLUTION!
13. • Stop educating children by batches.
• Avoid using standarised education.
• Taking into account different learning
styles
• Fostering creativity
• Children should be awaken up in order to
get as much as they have inside.
EDUCATIVE REVOLUTION!