Wednesday, November 12, 2008
blog 2
I thought Sir Ken Robinson’s video was great and I am going to go ahead and jump into the idea of “creativity is as important as literacy” and I believe this whole heartedly, yet at the same time I struggle with it. I think there are great minds, hearts and hands out there that get lost in the shuffle because they are being too creative and they are then written off as ADD or ADHD students. They are then never given the opportunity to excel or even succeed in what they love or what they are good at. Research shows that students learn in different ways then why do we force them to learn in certain areas if they want to dance and get up and move around, or they want to spend their time becoming better singers. Another reason that I tend to agree with Sir Ken is the fact that we put all our heart and soul in to athletes in this country while paying teachers and law enforcement agents nothing while at the same time failing to understand why these athletes so often cannot even speak the English language, turn into criminals, or become bankrupt within five years of time they leave their respective leagues. I also cannot understand why we do not put more effort into musical talents when we also put so love into our musicians and their bands in this country. Their talents are revered as much as athletes, yet in schools music is always pushed aside even if students put music at the forefront. At the same time I tend to disagree a little because unfortunately I do not see our country running successfully if we all try to be creative and do not try to push to be the best in the math and sciences. Our business cannot run without people and if we lose people to creativity then it could hurt our national status as if it is not already wounded enough. In closing, though I do not see enough of our corporations being at a loss of employees because people suddenly wanted to take up music or art.
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You make several interesting points in your post. I agree that we must nurture our students' creative abilities. However, creativity alone isn't enough to function in a developed society. I will refer to your example of the atheletes who are unable to speak the English language or manage their finances appropriately to hammer this point. I do not think that we should move too far to the left and allow students to lose out on the fundamentals. I believe that if allow student to be creative while they are mastering learning objectives, then we are doing our students a great service!
I also responded to the "creativity is as important as literacy" quote. In schools today I have seen students' creativity being stifled because they have behavior or learning disabilities. That is why I think performance assessments are crucial. We need to give students more than one way to express their knowledge and application of the material. I agree that should be more emphasis on music as well. I think we should encourage students to do what they love and enjoy, even if the do not make a career out of it they should still have those options open to them. We can't funnel all of our students into math and science careers.
i think that a childs creativity is the most important thing that they bring into the classroom. It gives us a since of who they are and where they are coming from. To often we overlook those things because we are busy trying to meet the ridiculous standards set forth in the NCLB act. However, that is an argument for a different time
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