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Is school a straightjacket? A response to David Aaronovitch

Oct 23, 2015 | Category: Featured

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution. Igor Stravinsky In yesterday's Times, David Aaron...

#Sir Ken Robinson #Sugata Mitra #David Aaronovitch

This much I know about John Tomsett's book

Jun 22, 2015 | Category: reflection

I remember reading John's first blog when it appeared in June 2012. Since then his posts have been consistently wise and deeply human. Even when he bangs on about golf, fishing or The Clash. Until I r...

#Sir Ken Robinson #John Tomsett #This Much I Know About Love Over Fear

Does ADHD exist?

Jan 14, 2015 | Category: myths

One of the few things I remember agreeing with when I heard Ken Robinson talking about changing educational paradigms was his observation that diagnoses of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disord...

#Sir Ken Robinson #ADHD #Marylin Wedge #Richard Saul

The dark art of creativity

Apr 11, 2014 | Category: myths

I was recently reminded of the 'schools are killing creativity' trope that was so prevalent a few years ago. Tempting as it may be to nod along with Ken Robinson and his cronies, it's worth contemplat...

#creativity #Sir Ken Robinson #Ray Bradbury #Scott Adams #Steve Jobs #TS Eliot

Knowledge is power

Oct 21, 2012 | Category: learning

I've been having a bit of think this week.Firstly I read Daisy Christodoulou's post on Hirsch's Core Knowledge curriculum. She points out that Hirsch, oft-condemned for being the darling of ideologues...

#Sir Ken Robinson #SOLO taxonomy #knowledge #correlation is not causation #ED Hirsch #Francis Bacon #Independent Thinking #Little Miss Sunshine #pirates #The Thick Of It

Teaching creatively vs teaching creativity

May 20, 2012 | Category: learning

What is creativity? Can it be taught? Can it be aped or emulated? Or is copying something that someone else is doing, by its very nature, a lack of creativity? Oft quoted creativity guru Sir Ken Robin...

#creativity #Ian Gilbert #Sir Ken Robinson #Nina Jackson #Richard Wiseman #Salvador Dali

Creativity, analysis and comparison

Feb 11, 2012 | Category: English

English teachers have a tough gig. We need to constantly hone the hard-edged skill of analysis whilst simultaneously encouraging the fluffy stuff of creativity. There’s a lot said and written about cr...

#creativity #Sir Ken Robinson #grammar #analysis #comparison #Dickens #dumbing down #Toby Young

What is it exactly that we are supposed to be preparing pupils for?

Dec 01, 2011 | Category: Featured

As with anything, the answer to the above question depends entirely on who you ask. And, also depending on who you ask the answer may well be anything from strident soundbites to mumbled confusion.I'v...

#Sir Ken Robinson #Seth Godin

Does creativity need rules?

Nov 20, 2011 | Category: English

[caption id="attachment_4643" align="alignleft" width="300"] Grammar for toast?[/caption]Last week's #ukedchat was titled, How can we build children’s imaginations so that they have more to choose fro...

#Sir Ken Robinson #ukedchat #Einstein #grammar #Marmite #Michael Swan

Is grammar glamorous?

Nov 16, 2011 | Category: English

Well, no it's not is it. Grammar's that dull stuff what kids got taught in the 60s. And then enlightened educationalists decided it was unfashionable for children to know how to parse sentences and wo...

#Sir Ken Robinson #Gove #David Crystal #grammar