Wednesday 9 November 2016

Ken Robinson - Creativity TED talks

Quick notes on Ken Robinson's TED creativity ted talks.

Creativity - his definition - the process of having original ideas that have value.

3 types of intelligence: Diverse, Dynamic, Distinct.

Diverse - acquired kinaesthetically, visually, aurally, abstract movement.  Gather data anyway you want.  It does not have to come solely via reading and writing.

Dynamic - Interactive, via different, distinct ways of seeing.  Women have a thicker, better, bit of the brain for multi-tasking.

Distinct - how to discover talent.

Arts education is better for the aesthetic experience.  Requires senses operating at peak in the current moment.  The excitement of now.  Anaesthetic - shuts off senses - ritalin!  We need to wake up to what is inside.

Modern education is about conformity, standardisation, and curriculum - we need to change the paradigm.  Divergent thinking - i.e. arts education - is an essential capacity for creativity.  Lots of capacity for answers, different ways to interpret a question.  Multiple answers, not one.

No comments:

Post a Comment