Phl 458 Creative Spark Talk Analysis
Creative Spark Talk Analysis
Anthony D. Mattorano
PHL/458
February 25, 2015
George Stragalas, III
Creative Spark Talk Analysis
Watching the TED channel I chose the Sir Ken Robinson talk on How Schools Kill Creativity, 2006. Sir Ken Robinson a Professor in education reared in England and as recently as 2006 moved his family to Los Angeles. In the talk he explains how all countries of the world educate in the same fashion. Their focus is on teaching the traditional math, science, language, while music, art, and humanities are at the bottom of the list, even being taught to children as an extra circular activity. Then Ken talks about creativity children verses Professors. Professors live in their heads only using their bodies as vehicles to get their heads to the next meeting. Children on the other hand view themselves as a whole, body and …show more content…
The one I enjoyed most is the story of the little girl in the back of the classroom who is in a drawing lesson. The teacher asks the little girl what picture she was going to draw. The little girl replied God! The teacher says to her, “no one knows what God looks like”. And the little girl states, “They will in just a minute”. To me personally, when I think of creativity, that is creativity at its highest form perfect and innocent.
Stages of Creativity
Habit of searching for challenges – Ken being a Professor in education has taken on a big challenge. In identifying that the education system needs to be adjusted to educate the whole person and not just the brain is a wonderful concept. In medicine treating a person diagnosed with cancer is treated as a whole not just the cancer. Expressing the problem or issue – Ken giving a talk on TED he has expressed the problem. Investing in the problem or issue – Ken has invested his time and has written books on this subject.
Imagination and
Anthony D. Mattorano
PHL/458
February 25, 2015
George Stragalas, III
Creative Spark Talk Analysis
Watching the TED channel I chose the Sir Ken Robinson talk on How Schools Kill Creativity, 2006. Sir Ken Robinson a Professor in education reared in England and as recently as 2006 moved his family to Los Angeles. In the talk he explains how all countries of the world educate in the same fashion. Their focus is on teaching the traditional math, science, language, while music, art, and humanities are at the bottom of the list, even being taught to children as an extra circular activity. Then Ken talks about creativity children verses Professors. Professors live in their heads only using their bodies as vehicles to get their heads to the next meeting. Children on the other hand view themselves as a whole, body and …show more content…
The one I enjoyed most is the story of the little girl in the back of the classroom who is in a drawing lesson. The teacher asks the little girl what picture she was going to draw. The little girl replied God! The teacher says to her, “no one knows what God looks like”. And the little girl states, “They will in just a minute”. To me personally, when I think of creativity, that is creativity at its highest form perfect and innocent.
Stages of Creativity
Habit of searching for challenges – Ken being a Professor in education has taken on a big challenge. In identifying that the education system needs to be adjusted to educate the whole person and not just the brain is a wonderful concept. In medicine treating a person diagnosed with cancer is treated as a whole not just the cancer. Expressing the problem or issue – Ken giving a talk on TED he has expressed the problem. Investing in the problem or issue – Ken has invested his time and has written books on this subject.
Imagination and