Sir Ken Robinson, "How to Escape Education's Death Valley"
The video above gives a nice analysis on the current state
of education. Although the focus is on the American education system, a lot of
the points made can be extended to describe what’s happening around the world,
and particularly in Nigeria.
The speaker, Sir Ken Robinson, talks of how education is
usually approached in a mechanical way: that standard curriculums are designed,
and standardized tests are given; yet students, by their very nature of being
human, are far from standard. There is no prototype for “the student” and yet
our education systems have not advanced to recognize this nuance.
Robinson notes that there are 3 principles under which life
flourishes:
- Human beings are naturally different and diverse
- Curiosity
- Human life is inherently creative
Robinson goes on to make the claim that education should be
re-designed in such a way that the 3 guiding principles, mentioned above,
remain at the root of our approach. It is in this way that we can turn schools
from places of simply recycled information to places where genuine learning
takes place.
Please share your thoughts on these ideas. Are our schools
already taking some of these principles into consideration? If not, how far
behind are we in doing so? What steps need to happen to get us on track/keep us
on track? We at Brainy Educare take pride in the belief that our programs
address these issues at their core. However, our work cannot be done alone;
instead we need to open up the conversation so that other education
stakeholders (students, parents, teachers, principals) can join us in our
mission.
Thank you
- The Brainy Team
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