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18 June 2015
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Creative Sparks Talk Analysis Sir Kenneth Robinson is a published author and a teacher who is inspiring others to question whether the education system is appropriate for today’s learning environment. He believes that the current education system in place in schools today should incorporate more creativity and questionable thinking by students, instead of being forced to follow what has always been done by those before us. During a TED conference in May 2014, he gave a speech entitled “How Schools Kill Creativity”. Although the main bullets of his message pointed out how the current curriculum looks down on individual creativity in the classroom, he …show more content…
According to Ryan Ruggiero, the first stage is basically looking for “meeting challenges in an imaginative, original, and effective way” (Ruggiero, 2012). The second stage, is expressing the problem or issue. Ryan Ruggiero states that “different expressions open different avenues of thought it is best to consider as many expressions as possible” (Ruggiero, 2012). Sir Kenneth Robinson talked about how the current education system has become so much more focused on areas such as mathematics and science, and less about the creative arts. According to Robinson, although children are energetic and eager to take chances, they cannot answer questions if they are intimidated to step out of their comfort zone and willing to risk being wrong in front of their peers. Stage three is in my opinion the most important stage, and it has to do with investigating the problem. You must make sure you acquire the necessary details in order to be effective in order to face the issue at hand. Finally, stage four entails coming up with relative and logical ideas. Generating good ideas to select from is paramount when it comes time to choose which action you finally go with. Sir Kenneth Robinson makes a note that some of the largest challenges with creativity and children are …show more content…
Practically all of Sir Kenneth Robinson’s speeches revolved around having imagination and being creative. Sir Kenneth Robinson talked about today’s society and how it has become so reliant on pursuing through life, and grading accomplishments by the level of difficulty accomplished taken in order to get to that point. He discussed in detail how this rise through the ranks in order to get there is too centered on answering questions correctly and the attention given when any mistakes might happen, and saying this is essentially the worst thing one can do.
How do some of the points made in the talk apply to some of your personal experiences and benefit society as a