These past four months, I have been inspired by various presentations brought in TED. One of my favorites is Sir Ken Robinson's. He talked about education. As far as I remember, I didn't like school very much. The reasons that kept me going to school everyday were my school mates and the ride from home to school and back with my mother -on which I could have time to have a long conversation with her-. Somehow, I had pretty good grades on every subject i learned.
But not with my younger brother. He's 10, and he hates school. He will make up multi-various reasons for him not to go to school every morning. His grades are terrible. This worries me quite much since we're still living in the world where you can have a good education only and if only you can have good grades. Not to mention a good job with a good salary equals to a good life. I'm starting to feel an unjust in this case.
My brother is not a stupid. He is remarkable. Before he reached 1, he could point and name at least 10 colors. At the age of 1 year and 3 months, he could operate a saw and he can use hammer to nail the wood without being injured! He can spell his name and all of family members name at the age 3.5. He could do multiplication of two digits by one digit number without any tool at 5. He is genius! But sadly, those kind of things vanished, *puff!*, right after he entered elementary school.
What the hell is wrong in here?? Sir Ken Robinson explained it beautifully.
The presentation started with a word creativity. He said, every single presentations on that occasion (2006 TED Conference, Monterey, California) described various of human creativities, but every people who presented there had no idea on what's going on in terms of the future. There's where education plays its role. To answer the uncertainty of the future. And at the same spot, it needs creativity.
"Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status," said Sir Ken Robinson as his opening statement.
The key of creativity is dare to be wrong. If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. That's one thing that we can learn from children. Unfortunately, by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. As they grow up, they are dealing with the fact that mistakes are the worst thing they can make.
The national education system, everywhere, even until this moment, aims their outputs to become universities professors. As Sir Ken Robinson said, as children grow up, we start to educate them progressively from the waist up; and then we focus on their head; and slightly to one side. It is so pity to think that the outputs from our education system live in their head. Disembodied, as they use their body only to transport their head.
These children were us! We are the outputs of the system, and we now live inside our head! Isn't that creepy?
And do you want to know what the creepier thing than that? It's called the education inflation. It is the state that degrees aren't worth anything. People who have degree come home jobless, because the job which previously required a bachelor degree, now need a Ph.D.
That's why, we need to radically rethink our view of intelligence. We know three things about the intelligence:
1. It's DIVERSE. We think about the world in all the way we experienced what we think. There are at least 8 multiple intelligences: verbal, analytical, kinesthetic, rhythm, visual, interpresonal. intrapersonal, and natural.
2. It's DYNAMIC. Intelligence and creativity come from interactions of different disciplines. And it comes out from the connections between brain's compartments.
3. It's DISTINCT. Every person has a specific way of learning and knowing things.
In conclusion of his presentation, Sir Ken Robinson said that our education has mined our minds in the way that we strip-mine the earth for particular commodity and for the future, it won't service. The education should celebrate the diversity and richness of human capacity, the gift of human imagination. We have to see the creative capacities of others and involve their whole being.
Thanks to:
Sir Ken Robinson - for sharing this remarkable thought.
Budhita Kismadi - for sharing your passion and this link.
Tito Ikhsan Rozak - my lovely little brother, you're always my genius!
Karima Yolita - for editing this post
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I also realised that each person has different way of understanding. Belive me or not, I realised it when I was in elementary school. This understanding has lead me to the point where I never want to know other people's way in learning something. I want to learn it my way. Woops, correction: MY WAY.
As time goes by, I do realise that actually I have multiple talent. I can do this, I can do that. I can use my brain, AND I can also use my motoric skills (Dear God, THANK YOU for the gift!). This has made me believe that my future lies somewhere else. That I appreciate myself better by not wasting my talent, my ability, and everything that I have.
These past four months, I have been inspired by various presentations brought in TED. One of my (favorites) is Sir Ken Robinson's. He talked about education.
As far as I remember, I (didn’t) like school very much. The (reasons) that kept me (going) to school everyday (were) my school mates and (the ride with my mother) from home to school and back, on which I (could) have time to have a long conversation with her. Somehow, I have (pretty good grades) on every subject I learned.
But not with my younger brother. He's 10, and he hates school. He will make up multi-various reasons for him not to go to school every morning. His grades are terrible. This worries me quite much since we're still living in the world where you can have a good education only and if only you can have good grades. Not to mention a good job with a good salary, (equal??) a good life. I'm starting to feel an unjust in this case.
My brother is not a stupid. He is remarkable. Before he reached 1, he could point and name at least 10 colors. At the age of 1 year and 3 months, he could operate a saw and he can use hammer to nail the wood without being injured! He can spell his name and all of family members name at the age 3.5. He could do multiplication of two digits by one digit number without any tool at 5. He is genius! But sadly, those kind of things vanished, *puff!*, right after he entered elementary school.
What the hell is wrong in here?? Sir Ken Robinson explained it beautifully.
The presentation started with a word, creativity. He said, every single (presentation) on that occasion (2006 TED Conference, Monterey, California) (described various human creativities), but every people who presented there had no idea on what's going on in terms of the future. (There's where education plays its role, to answer the uncertainty of the future. And, at the same spot, (to answer it) needs creativity.)
"Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status," said Sir Ken Robinson as his opening statement.
The key of creativity is (“dare to be wrong”). If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. That's one thing that we can learn from children. Unfortunately, by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. As they grow up, they (are) dealing with the fact that mistakes are the worst thing they can make.
The national education system, everywhere, even until this moment, aims their outputs to become universities professors. As Sir Ken Robinson said, as children grow up, we start to educate them progressively from the waist up; and then we focus on their head; and slightly to one side. It is so pity to think that the outputs from our education system live in their head(--)disembodied, as they use their body only to transport their head.
These children were us! We are the outputs of the system, and we now live inside our head! Isn't that creepy?
And do you want to know what the creepier thing than that? It's called the education inflation. It is the state that degrees aren't worth anything. People who have degree come home jobless, because the job which previously required a bachelor degree, now need a Ph.D.
That's why we need to radically rethink our view of intelligence. We know three things about the intelligence:
1. It's DIVERSE. We think about the world in all the way we experienced what we think. There are at least 8 multiple intelligences: verbal, analytical, kinesthetic, rhythm, visual, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and natural.
2. It's DYNAMIC. Intelligence and creativity come from interactions of different disciplines. And it (comes) out from the connections between brain's compartments.
3. It's DISTINCT. Every person has a specific way of learning and knowing things.
In conclusion of his presentation, Sir Ken Robinson said that our education has mined our minds in the way that we strip-mine the earth for particular commodity and for the future, it won't service. The education should (celebrate) the diversity and richness of human capacity, the gift of human imagination. We have to see the creative capacities of others and involve their whole being.
Thanks to:
Sir Ken Robinson - for sharing this remarkable thought.
Budhita Kismadi - for sharing your passion and this link.
Tito Ikhsan Rozak - my lovely little brother, you're always my genius!
Posted by Novasyurahati at 2:11 AM
Editted by Karima Yolita :p
komentar, perubahan, dan penambahan gw tandai dengan tanda kurung
@ Neneng Ceriwis: Yes dear, indeed, you are special!
@ Karima: Thanks a lot Rim! I really have to work harder on my grammar and writing structure. Oh.. by the way, it's 'edited', not 'editted'. Ehehe :D
I agree with you! Sekolah itu gak penting! yang penting itu proses pendidikan yang dijalani seseorang. dan sekolah cuma sebuah institusi yang mencoba memberikan sebuah proses pendidikan.
Gue pernah mengatakan hal ini kepada seorang atlit renang nasional yang masih duduk di bangku SMP kelas 2. (semoga dia tidak mengambil sisi salah dari kalimatku itu). well, i see attending school as something wasted and ineffective for her right now because her practice activity demand a tremendous energy. But, (this is what i like from her) she wants to learn a lot of things!
and right now, i vote home schooling as one of the alternatives :D
Karima (lagi)
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