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Sir Ken Robinson: The Element

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Partner:: Aspen Institute
Location:: Aspen Institute
Aspen, CO
Event Date:: 07.08.10
Speaker:: Sir Ken Robinson
Tags:: education reform; public education; education; learning; child psychology; no child left behind

Summary: Sir Ken Robinson is an expert in creativity, innovation, and human resources. He works with governments in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and cultural organizations. Robinson led a national commission on creativity, education, and the economy for the UK government and was central in forming a creative- and economic-development strategy as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Formerly, he was professor of education at the University of Warwick.

He has received several honorary degrees, the Athena Award from the Rhode Island School of Design, the Peabody Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Royal Society of Arts. He received a knighthood for his services to the arts. His latest book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Viking, 2009).

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Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson is an expert in creativity, innovation, and human resources. He works with governments in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and cultural organizations. Robinson led a national commission on creativity, education, and the economy for the UK government and was central in forming a creative- and economic-development strategy as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Formerly, he was professor of education at the University of Warwick.

He has received several honorary degrees, the Athena Award from the Rhode Island School of Design, the Peabody Medal, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Royal Society of Arts. He received a knighthood for his services to the arts. His latest book is The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Viking, 2009).

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01 hr 14 min 40 sec

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01.: Introduction

01 min 09 sec

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02.: How Times Have Changed

05 min 03 sec

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03.: The Increasingly Rapid Pace of Change

03 min 11 sec

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04.: The Education Revolution, Elvis, and Las Vegas

04 min 22 sec

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05.: Las Vegas and the Power of Imagination

03 min 56 sec

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06.: The Failing of Education Worldwide

02 min 38 sec

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07.: The Outdated Nature of the Education System

04 min 27 sec

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08.: The Need to Transform Education

03 min 09 sec

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09.: The Importance of 'Being in Your Element'

03 min 02 sec

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10.: The 'Plague' of Tonsil Removal

02 min 48 sec

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11.: The 'Plague' of ADHD

03 min 43 sec

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12.: The Role of Aptitude in Being in Your Element

03 min 57 sec

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13.: The Role of Passion in Being in Your Element

03 min 01 sec

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14.: The Need to Personalize Education

02 min 58 sec

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15.: Bart Conner and the Benefits of Personalization

05 min 24 sec

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16.: Developing a New Educational Model

02 min 25 sec

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17.: Q & A

00 min 28 sec

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18.: Q1: Why People Don't Find Their Passion

01 min 55 sec

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19.: Q2: Economic Obstacles to Finding Your Passion

04 min 17 sec

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20.: Q3: Examples of a Successful Curriculum

01 min 39 sec

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21.: The Blue Man Group's 'Blue School'

02 min 31 sec

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22.: Video: The Blue Man Group on Education

06 min 39 sec

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23.: Closing Comments

01 min 58 sec

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Ken Robinson: Public Education a Relic of Industrial Age

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Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, argues that the public education system is an inherently flawed relic of the Industrial Revolution. "A degree used to be a passport to employment, now it's a visa," says Robinson. "It's become an algorithm."
Is ADHD the Tonsillectomy of the 21st Century?

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Sir Ken Robinson likens the increasing prevalence of ADHD diagnoses to the "plague" of tonsil removals during the '50s and '60s. He argues that while ADHD may be a real condition, it is currently being over-diagnosed in an attempt to "sedate" children who don't conform to the current education system.
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education: Learning that takes place in schools or school-like environments (formal education) or in the world at large; the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In developing cultures there is often little formal education; children learn from their environment and activities, and the adults around them act as teachers. In more complex societies, where there is more knowledge to be passed on, a more selective and efficient means of transmission—the school and teacher—becomes necessary. The content of formal education, its duration, and who receives it have varied widely from culture to culture and age to age, as has the philosophy of education. Some philosophers (e.g., John Locke) have seen individuals as blank slates onto which knowledge can be written. Others (e.g., Jean-Jacques Rousseau) have seen the innate human state as desirable in itself and therefore to be tampered with as little as possible, a view often taken in alternative education. See also behaviourism; John Dewey; elementary education; higher education; kindergarten; lyceum movement; progressive education; public school; special education; teaching.; education on britannica.com