Written by Jeffrey Schulz on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 13:17
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I shudder to think. This notion came to mind as I watched this video, Do Schools Kill Creativity, delivered by Sir Ken Robinson at a TED Conference in Monterey, CA. where he again raises the concern that our educational system is about the business of educating people out of their creativity. Over the years, I’ve inspired many a catatonic state as I slogged through the cannon of American Literature with the ferocity of conviction of Jonathan Edwards.
“Students in the Hands of a Zealous Teacher.”
Aye, but there’s the rub. On the one hand, educators are accountable to bureaucratic reporting structures that demand accountability to standards that are not about building creative capital, while that is precisely what we all need as we manage change and create the future. This tension bespeaks the need for leapfrogging.
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AMA citation:
Schulz J. If Shakespeare had been in my English class…. Education Futures. 2007. Available at: http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/11/20/if-shakespeare-had-been-in-my-english-class/. Accessed May 11, 2008.
APA citation:
Schulz, Jeffrey. (2007). If Shakespeare had been in my English class…. Retrieved May 11, 2008, from Education Futures Web site: http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/11/20/if-shakespeare-had-been-in-my-english-class/
Chicago citation:
Schulz, Jeffrey. 2007. If Shakespeare had been in my English class…. Education Futures. http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/11/20/if-shakespeare-had-been-in-my-english-class/ (accessed May 11, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Schulz, J 2007, If Shakespeare had been in my English class…, Education Futures. Retrieved May 11, 2008, from <http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/11/20/if-shakespeare-had-been-in-my-english-class/>
MLA citation:
Schulz, Jeffrey. "If Shakespeare had been in my English class…." 20 Nov. 2007. Education Futures. Accessed 11 May. 2008. <http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/11/20/if-shakespeare-had-been-in-my-english-class/>