Ken Robinson, "Changing education paradigms" and "Do schools kill creativity?"


Every country is reforming public education.  This is largely due to economics, which  is challenging as world economies are in a state of constant flux. How in this time of rapid change, do we educate our children for a rapidly changing world and economy, when it is hard to predict how the economy will be next week, let alone in a few years.    
Ken Robinson brings a unique outlook and perspective to education. He uses simple ordinary language that is easy to understand to make the most effective points. He looks at the whole concept of ADHD and draws parallels with the escalation of the diagnosis with the growth and development of technology. He also presents to us how the diagnosis grows increasingly prevalent as one moves towards the east coast. Dare we question in the education system today, that ADHD is over diagnosed and over prescribed? Robinson also looks at the whole approach to learning and how we recognize results and performance. Are the days of formal and traditional education gone?  
Robinson also looks at how creativity is looked at today. He points out how kids today are willing to take a chance. They are not necessarily afraid of being wrong. If we are not prepared to be wrong, how can we create anything. Yet this is the approach in society today, make one big mistake in a company and you are out. He also touches upon the concept of education inflation. Whereas a degree guaranteed a job in the past, this is no longer the case. Now when people look for qualifications, jobs that would require degrees in the past now require Masters and those which require Masters now require Doctorates.                                        

Robinson is passionate in how he talks about children, their imagination and their creativity. ADHD is a legitimate medical condition, but there is no doubt that it is over diagnosed and an overly convenient option being presented to parents today.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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