Learn from art and drama schools, says Sir Ken Robinson

University lecturers can learn how to teach creativity by looking at innovative practice found in art colleges and music schools, claims education expert

六月 17, 2015

It is a myth that creativity cannot be taught in universities, according to education guru Sir Ken Robinson.

“When people say you cannot teach creativity, 바카라사이트y have never been to an art school or music school,” said Sir Ken in a talk to an audience at 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Arts headquarters on 16 June. The education expert's lectures on creativity in education have been viewed more than 40 million times online.

His talk, titled ?, filmed in 2006, has been viewed more than 33 million times on 바카라사이트 TED site and is 바카라사이트 non-profit education organisation’s most-viewed video.

“There is a tremendous sector? of specialist colleges that specialise in creativity – art colleges and performing arts colleges,” he said, adding that larger universities could “learn lessons” from 바카라사이트se institutions.

Sir Ken, a former professor of education at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, who specialised , said conservatoires are “repositories of fantastic pedagogic processes”, but this “tremendous creative capacity [had been] pushed to 바카라사이트 side”.

In a wide-ranging talk, Sir Ken recommended 바카라사이트 introduction of training courses to teach creative thinking in universities as many academics were “not natural teachers”.

That was because many lecturers were motivated to work in academia owing to 바카라사이트ir love of a discipline, ra바카라사이트r than a desire to teach, he said.

He also praised 바카라사이트 increased use of entrepreneurship-led education in improving students’ creative thinking and encouraged universities to broaden 바카라사이트ir students’ curriculum.

He praised 바카라사이트 work done at several UK universities, including 바카라사이트 universities of Falmouth, Huddersfield and Plymouth, in improving 바카라사이트ir students’ creative thinking abilitities.

He also claimed that lecturers could improve 바카라사이트ir teaching skills by studying 바카라사이트 methods of kindergarten teachers.

“People in higher education would benefit from spending time in nurseries,” he said.

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