1. Changing the Education
Paradigm: { inspired by the TED talk by Ken Robinson }
…the ‘wicked’ problem of
standardization and industrial design
of the current educational system that
underestimates intelligence and
penalizes creativity…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

2. There are two motivating factors
for reforming education around the
world { Financial and Cultural }
…we want our kids to be prepared to
have jobs in the future, but also
maintain their sense of culture in a
world undergoing major
globalization…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

3. Systems of education taught us that if
you worked hard in school and earned a
degree you would get a job.
{ this is no longer a guarantee }
…kids that see no purpose in going to
school are alienated…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

4. The current system was designed
for and conceived in a different
age { Enlightenment / Industrial Revolution }
…impressed into the enlightenment
view of intelligence was an arbitrary
standard of what types of knowledge
were more or less valuable, which
distinguished the academic from the
non-academic…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

5. Robinson argues that this model of
education that implies division is heavily
flawed { and furthermore causes chaos }
…people that are intelligent think that
they are not because they don’t match
the existing standards of
intelligence…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

6. Changing the Education
Paradigm: { inspired by the TED talk by Ken Robinson }
The ‘wicked’ problem of standardization
and industrial design in the current
educational system that underestimates
and penalizes children’s intelligence and
creativity.
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

7. One consequence of this divided
model is a fictitious modern
epidemic { the over diagnosis of ADHD across the US }
… our children are living in the most
intensely stimulated period in the
history of the earth, and we are
penalizing them for getting
distracted…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

8. The diagnosis of ADHD has risen
with the growth of standardized
testing { we should look to the Arts for guidance }
… the arts especially address the idea of
aesthetic experience where your senses
are operating at their highest peak, but
anesthetics (like many drugs used to treat
ADHD) have the opposite effect and
deaden the mind to what is going on…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

9. Education is modeled on the
interests of industrialization and in
the image ofthe school system itself operates like a factory }
{ it
… with ringing bells, specialized
building, designated areas, and the
bunching of children by age
regardless of individual skill or
needs…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

10. If you want to change the model of
education, you can’t continue with
the production mentality
{ standardization is the wrong route to take }
… going against conformity and
standardization by promoting
divergent thinking rather than
convergent or linear thought is the
way to change the paradigm…
{ Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }

11. Changing the Education Paradigm
requires thinking differently about
human capacity
{ we need to get over the myth of valued
knowledge and revamp the system
accordingly }
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changi
ng_education_paradigms.html
Thank you, the end