IPC: LEARNING TODAY FOR TOMORROW
CREATIVITY IN THE IPC
By Gary Bradshaw, Assistant Head of Primary School and IPC Coordinator
Creativity is as important in
education as literacy, and
we should treat it with the
same status.
– Ken Robinson
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W
hen you think about creativity in
schools you cannot help but think
about the most viewed ‘Ted Talk’
of all time. I am not sure if you are familiar
with the ‘Ted Talk’ series, but these are talks
by leading thinkers, creativists, artists, designers and alike. Professor Ken Robinson’s Ted
Talk entitled ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ has
been viewed over 36,102,995 times! I alone
have watched it about five times. It is a truly
inspirational and funny speech, and if you get
a chance please view it.
and languages, which push humanities and
the arts down the ladder of importance.
LEARNING HOLISTICALLY
Prof Robinson also advocates for education
that meets the ‘holistic’ needs of the child.
The building of skills, knowledge and understanding in all areas, and not just a few that
will be needed as we deal with the issues of
the future. Concerns such as poverty, climate
change, political and religious unrest, population and equity issues, will no doubt all need
creative and innovative solutions. Preparing
In this talk, Prof Robinson challenges the our kids today for what to expect in the future
way we educate our children. He pushes for a is essential.
radical rethink on how we develop creativity.
He speaks about the emphasis schools and A wonderful story of a young girl stood out
society generally place upon mathematics for me from the Ted Talk. She found tradi-