Ken Robinson on Education
While browing the web tonight (smallrspcs to be specific), I came across this great talk about creativity and education by Ken Robinson. In his presentation, he talks about how schools and education are basically killing the creativity out of students. He’s mainly speaking about students in elementary school, but I think his point is also valid for college/university - especially in design programs. He makes a number of points that I completely agree with, but one that really stood out was when he said “creativity… happens through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things”. It makes you wonder how much more beneficial it might be to attend a design school where you are surrounded by artistic, creative people from other fields. Robinson’s entire talk is fascinating (and very funny thanks to his jokes), so if you have 20 free minutes, watch the video. In my opinion, he’s hit a nail right on the head.