Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Creative Mind Longs to Be Released: A Response to the Creativity Video

      After watching the speaker Sir Ken Robinson talk about his ideas on creativity, my mind went to the multiple intelligences kinesthetic and musical. Robinson mentions that there is a hierarchy of the subjects that are being taught in school systems all over the world. I could have guessed that math and language arts would be at the top of this hierarchy. With that said, I do not think I have ever really considered why the arts are at the bottom of this hierarchy.
      Creativity was said to be something we lose as we get more educated. This is fascinating to me because I always associated being more intelligent with a form of creativity, but I understand where Robinson is coming from. When he illustrated the idea that as we further our education we start eliminating most of our body until we just are using our brain, his arguments started to make more sense to me.
     When thinking of how I could use this information to better my teaching career, I considered what types of lessons would better young children's minds for the future. Robinson asserts that we should  rethink the way we view creativity and consider how it could be valuable to the future generations. I think back to the professors I have had that have advised against just using worksheets and instead do some form of activity so the students can use their creativity and multiple intelligences to really capture what is being taught. I also think small groups working together are a great way for teachers to further students creativity, because in all the intelligences there is a form of creativity, it just depends on how the student will express it.

1 comment:

  1. I totally agree with you! I think that students these days are so use to right and wrong answers that teachers are really limiting their creativity. Today students are limited to art and music for their creativity for the day. I think that teachers really need to join creativity and learning together. i really liked what you said about doing "activities so the students can use their creativity and multiple intelligences to really capture what is being taught." I think that not only is it a good way to teach, but also the students will remember the material longer than for the test.

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