Education: Two 'visionary' talks Sir Ken Robinson & Bill Gates

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Okay, okay, summer holiday for the most part of schools, I know ! Students are on holiday and teachers are finishing the school year or preparing the new school year.

For some days, I will continue to share with educationalists some resources, ideas or suggestions for the next school year, in August or September depending of the country.

Sometimes, I like to present some good talks about Education: Sir George Martin for Music in school curriculum. Sir Ken Robinson for private schools vs. public schools, Jane McGonigal for games in school or Ali Carr-Chellman for re-engaging students in learning, Professor Noam Chomsky for the future of Education.

Today, I remember two interesting talks of 2013 about teachers and education. Bill Gates and Sir Ken Robinson.

Bill Gates talking about "Teachers need more" on TEDTalks suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback - and lays out a program from his foundation to bring it to every classroom.

Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, there's just no way to improve. 

“The system we have today isn’t fair to them,” he continues. “It’s not fair to students and it’s putting America’s global leadership at risk. So today, I want to talk about how we can help all teachers get the tools for improvement they want and deserve.”

Bill Gates

Sir Ken Robinson outlines on TEDTalks 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish - and how current education culture works against them. 

In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

We all know Sir Ken Robinson! He is an author, educator and creativity expert who advocates for diverse a curriculum, local input into education strategies, and moving successful aspects of "alternative" education programs into the mainstream.

Finding Your Element

Sir Ken Robinson

http://sirkenrobinson.com/

Sir Ken Robson's latest book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life has been published in May 2013 by Viking. 

The Element, introduced readers to a new concept of self-fulfillment through the convergence of natural talents and personal passions. 

Finding Your Element comes at a critical time as concerns about the economy, education and the environment continue to grow. The need to connect to our personal talents and passions has never been greater. 

As Robinson writes in his introduction, "wherever you are, whatever you do, and no matter how old you are, if you’re searching for your Element, this book is for you."

Education:

As an educationalist I think these two talks about different ways of Education are interesting to listen and discuss. Two innovative thinkers of the 21st century. It's up to us to reflect and reach some conclusions.

G-Souto

17.07.2013

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And Creativity is? Listen Sir Ken Robinson

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"Creativity is not some exotic, optional extra," (...) "It's a strategic issue."

Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson spoke to Fast Company, while he was in Cannes, France to participate at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last June 19- 25. 


Fast Company asked for his thoughts on Creative Leadership that you can read the full article here : Ken Robinson On The Principles Of Creative Leadership

Backstage with Sir Ken Robinson from Michael Hyatt on Vimeo.

Here a behind-the-scene video from the Chick-fil-A Leadercast event that Sir Ken Robinson spoke at past May 2011, regarding creativity.(...)




"If you want people to be literate, you have to get them passionate about reading and that's a creative job. To think of it as an afterthought or in conflict of the core purposes, is a misconception of what creativity is."


Sir Ken Robinson


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Sir Ken Robinson  website

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TEDxKids Brussels 2011 Live

http://www.tedxkids.be/

Today, the big day! June 1st! TEDxKids 2011 in Brussels! From 9:00 to 17:00 (CET). Two events in one!

48 kids, all of them born in 2000, are going to get their hands dirty, soldering, tinkering, hacking and composing. 

A series of hands-on workshops will introduce the kids to a range of skills and methods. 

http://www.tedxkids.be/

The program for the 48 students who will be in the kid's event looks awesome as you can see.

A series of hands-on workshops will introduce the kids to a range of skills and methods. 

At the same time 400 adults will be treated to an all day program of leading thinkers, experts and makers. 

They'll get regular updates on the workshops from some leading child psychologists throughout the day.

Maker Kids?

The future aims of primary education could be a rich mix of learning by doing, hacking the physical world and taking direct control of the technologies around us. 

Kids could use this knowledge to be more connected to each other and the wider world. 

TEDxKids Brussels 2011 wants to give kids the tools to directly influence the physical and social ecosphere in the hope that this creates freedom and empowerment for the future.

Watch the full list of speakers, makers, tinkerers, child therapist and others here

The event will be livestream here

  

http://www.learning-agency.net/                     

The Learning Agency Network with a good team of educators is streaming the event live as the official partner of TEDxKids and is managing the Social Media activities including the backchannel moderation.

http://www.tedxkids.be/

"We are protocolling all the important activities, statements and tweets around TEDxKids Brussels 2011." 

We will be sharing what is happening at the event, the discussions of the program and children's  experiencies with their facilitators.   

Truly a life altering experiencing for all!  Follow us directly on twitter at @TedxKidsEU.  

We are also on site and are asking your questions to the speakers! You can participate by using the hashtag #tedxkids in Twitter!

"We need to evolve a new appreciation of the importance of nurturing human talent along with an understanding of how talent expresses itself differently in every individual. We need to create environments - in our schools (...) where evert kid is inspired to grow creatively. 

Finding our passion changes everything!"

Sir Ken Robinson*

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*Ken Robinson, The Element, 2009
(text adaptation)

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World Dance Day at school ! Dance, dance, dance !

Pina Bausch 1940-2009

credits : Wilfried Krüeger

http://www.pina-bausch.de/

"The urge to dance is a natural impulse, dancers worship nature in their way, they connect with the universe and feel its juices trickle into them." 

Prof. Raftis

April 29 is International Dance Day. "International Dance Day" was established in 1982 by the International Dance Council (CID) of UNESCO to bring attention to the art of dance every year on April 29, Jean-Georges Noverre's birthday(1727),  a French dancer and balletmaster, generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century.

 "Dance, dance, dance, otherwise we are lost."

Pina Bausch

Education:

Wim Wenders dedicated this extraordinary documentary to Pina Bausch. In my opinion one of most beautiful tributes to the art of dancing.

Pina Bausch died 30 June 2009. She will be remembered as one of the most significant choreographers of the twentieth century.

Dance is also a good therapy for young people in school. Dance movement therapy and the power of dance is used to inspire, uplift and heal.

Dance is a fun and fresh integrative part in the curricula. Sir Ken Robinson's TED lectures on education and creativity are very inspiring about free expression of  children in school.

There will be many performances in colleges and out of doors today. So, don't miss the opportunity to let your students express themselves by dancing in the school gardens, for example.

Like moss on a stone | Pina Bausch

photo: Rolf Ebertowski

http://www.pina-bausch.de/

"All through the year we teach dance, we rehearse, we perform within four walls. On this special day dedicated to dance, let us mark the difference by practising, teaching or performing for everyone to see. It might be cold and rainy, the floor is certainly not good enough, the wind takes the music away, but the beauty in those movements and the joy on those faces will brighten the hearts of the spontaneous audience of passers-by."

Prof. Alkis Raftis

President of the International Dance Council CID UNESCO, Paris 

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29.04.2011    
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El Elemento in a spanish animation

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges us all the time to educate our students cultivating creativity and and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. 

We have listen him on private schools and public schools theme here.

His last book The Element (you can look inside) has a new Spanish animation version. Just look the video below!

Education:

How interesting it would be showing the video to your students as a motivation for one of your lessons?

As educators, we do realize how our students are creative in many ways. We can develop the creativity of young people as a competency in the acquisition of knowledge moving beyond the system of some tradtional schools.

G-Souto

01.02.2011

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Sir Ken Robinson: private schools & public schools

Sir Ken Robinson talks about private schools and public schools after his last book The Element. 


In a year of big changes, the debate goes on!  It's interesting to hear his opinion about the theme.




"People who think differently make the world a more interesting place. We need to nurture and help develop creative people, instead of labeling them as damaged."

Temple Grandin, Author of 
Thinking in Pictures


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The Element book
http://www.elementbook.com/

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We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For

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We Are The People We've Been Waiting For from James Cross on Vimeo.

"Some children don't respond to academic environments, how can we ensure that we keep them engaged with education?"

The world is changing quickly, but the school is not changing! Or if it's changing, it  is because some innovative teachers understood that there are many talents and paths to success in school. The education system is not currently meeting the needs of all young people. Perhaps those few innovative and creative teachers are meeting the needs of the new generations, the Millenial learners.

Designed in the 19th century, our education systems are not preparing young people for the challenges that lie ahead of them. Learning is based on an outdated curriculum, with too much emphasis on testing.

We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For, is a film by Caroline Rowland and based on a idea of  Lord David Puttnam and Sir Michael Barber.

We Are the People We've Been Waiting For, which was inspired and guided by Lord Puttnam, focuses on the educational experiences of five young people from Swindon (UK). 

The premiere of We Are The People We've Been Waiting For took place on November 2009 in Leicester Square, London. 

The producer Caroline Rowland describes how the film came about: "We wanted to bring the myriad of opinions about education to life and decided to give a group of young people their voice and then add analytical comment." The aim of the film, says Puttnam, is to focus on "what's being done well, what needs to change, and what can be learned from best practice in schools all over the world."

It follows the experiences of five Swindon-based teenagers and shows how we need to have a radical transformation of the education system. 

The film features a host of influential contributors, including Sir Ken Robinson, Bill Bryson, Sir Richard Branson, Henry Winkler, Dame Ruth Silver and Germaine Greer.

The documentary explores the educational system in United Kingdom and analises  the possibilities for a radical transformation in learning with a creative learning for new students, the Millenials learners.

The film shows how the system is particularly hard on children, like Harflett, who do not fit into the mainstream. Harflett always found reading and writing difficult and, as a result, hated school. His experience, as the film testifies, is a common one. 

Some important quotes:

"We label young people, people who are enormously talented and motivated, as dysfunctional because they don't quite fit in."

Dame Ruth Silver, chair of  Learning and Skills Improvement Service

"We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to realise their talent in school and that there should be many paths to success. It's simply not good enough that young people are being labelled as a 'poor' or 'average' student because their potential is not being fulfilled through traditional academic teaching."

Andy Powell, chief executive of Edge

Educators:

The film presents a compelling call for a fresh approach, including more practical and vocational learning options in schools.

Introducing technology in the curricula, digital resources, games and web 2.0 are important and serious goals in the 21th century focus on the changing face of Education to motivate students.

Teachind and learning is no more listening quietly the educator in a static knowledge. Teaching and learning is students 'doing'with the tutoring of a teacher|facilitator.

This was true for Amy Scott, 17. She struggled at her school in Swindon and found the pressure of exams very stressful. It was only when she started doing a hairdressing course at college that she realised her true creativity. "It's nice being creative, and when you've got the finished product you think 'oh wow' and you can be proud of yourself and everyone says how nice it is and that makes you feel good."

Andreas Schleicher/ OECDICT and Education
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You do remember my post about New Millenial Learners Conference where many orators presented their overview about changing policies and programs. 

Researchers presented their investigations and opened an interesting debate with all participants, sharing ideas and experiences about "the range of skills and competencies that young students will be required to have in the knowledge society of the 21st Century".

We need to prepare students to the real world, to refocus on practical and innovative learning, on creativity, giving choices that show how training has economic benefits, both for society and for the individual. 

Eve Gordon, principal of West Met high school, shows from the successful achievements of her school how to do this: "People learn best when they are intrinsically motivated, when they're learning about something that they chose, and when they do mind and hand learning together."

This is the message of the film: we need to ensure our education system provides the right support and opportunities for every young person to develop their individual talents, and to make sure every young person leaves school feeling self-confident and proud of what they have achieved. 

"These bright young people are probably the only natural resource that is going to left in the UK within the next 20 years. We have to bring these young people on and make the most of them."

Martin Stephen, high master at St Paul's school

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10.02.2010

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We Are The People We've Been Waiting For
http://www.wearethepeoplemovie.com/

Welcome to the real world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/we-are-the-people/welcome-to-the-real-world