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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Do schools kill creativity?



"Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity,"
Posted by teacher dude at 9:45 AM
Labels: creativity, school, TedTalks

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