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Schools are STILL killing creativity - and what we can do about it . . .

3/29/2017

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I​n 2006 Sir Ken Robinson gave a TED Talk entitled "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"[1]  The most popular TED Talk of all time, subtitles are available in 60 languages, and it has been viewed 44 million times, not including the entire groups that watch it.  Sir Ken's message certainly resonated with educators, parents and others.  Despite the powerful message, delivered over a decade ago, and lauded by educators around the world, schools have continued to kill creativity . . . as well as the other "7 Survival Skills of the 21st Century" as outlined by Harvard professor, Tony Wagner.  

These skills comprise one of the three compasses of Anne Shaw's Framework for Education in the 21st Century.  In this holistic, integrated framework the 3 compasses are embedded with an intentionally designed Learning Environment - the Physical Environment (facilities, schoolyards), the Social/Emotional Environment and the Academic Environment.

This article is about how schools are killing creativity - and the other seven survival skills - and what we can do about it.  View the compass for the 7 Survival Skills below.  Click the compass to read more about each of these skills:
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