In a slight departure from the typical content of this blog, but with no less relevance, I want to share a lecture by Ken Robinson on the importance of teaching creativity to children. He argues that music and dance, for example, are as important in the classroom as math and language, and I couldn’t agree more.
I have many passionate teachers in my family, including my wife Julie, and while I’ve seen the difference one educator can make, I have also felt the heavy weight of what I consider to be a broken system.
I won’t say any more because Mr. Robinson expresses my sentiments beautifully and with a quick British wit.
Here is the violin performance by an 11-year-old girl named Sirena Huang, which Ken Robinson mentions in his lecture.
Be sure to go to www.ted.com to see more lectures from some of the world’s greatest minds.
-blake
