Aaron Shields’s Mind Terroir

One of the most fun talks to watch on TED is also one of my favorites: “Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity.”

Despite being laden with humor, Robinson’s message is an important one: schools need to encourage forms of learning that go beyond a very specific focus on math and science and a narrow way of testing skills if society is to prepare children to reach their full potentials and lead happy lives.

I also urge you to check out both of Ken Robinson’s books: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, an elaboration of Robinson’s argument proposed in this video, and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, which describes the importance of finding what you’re passionate about and doing it.

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