The concept of
creativity, or lack of it, in education became a regular agenda for many
educators and researchers. The complexity and confusion around this concept
brought up many challenges in the field of learning and teaching.
To start the discussion
on how creativity is foster in 21st century education, I wondered
what could be on the way to creative learning. The expert of creativity, Sir Ken Robinson,
advocates that creativity should be a main skill for 21st century
learning. Sir Ken Robinson pointed out that education kills creativity by its
very narrow and disciplined curriculum.
“Many
highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not - because the
thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued, or was actually stigmatized.” Ken Robinson
As discussed
by Sir Ken Robinson, education becomes dominated and influential by politics,
standardized tests and assessments. According to Sir Ken Robinson the current
system educates children out of the creativity, discovery and ingenuity
learning. Creativity should be as important as literacy and it should be
treated with the same valued and respect.
Additionally,
this view is shared by the American Chairman and CEO Jon Kamen (2013) who stated
that
‘Creativity is the missing
ingredient in education’
Jon Kamen
believes that whatever we want to achieve and produce requires the creative
mind. Creative thinking is a key to innovation, exploring, looking for new
ideas and concepts.
Looking more
into education and the national curriculum, we learn subjects that are seen as
separated and have nothing in common such as art and science. The hierarchical order and division of
subjects put impact and pressure on teachers and learners, on what and how they should learn.
For example, for many of us, art and science is seen as two separate subjects
that have nothing in common. Reflecting on discussions about creativity in arts
and science that took place in the lecture and seminar, I think this it is very
fascinating and thought-provoking how these domains link and fulfil each other.
There is always something creative, innovative and original that makes learning
inspirational and interesting. Especially in 21st century, it is important to be innovative, to make education experience more enjoyable and practical.
Progressively, the perspectives on the methods of
teaching and delivering knowledge in current education are re-thought and slowly
changing. Education begins the transformation process towards a more creative approach. I would like to refer to Sir Ken Robinson who
encouraged us to change, rethink our education and our values.
“There’s a wealth of
talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools,
must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly”
In this short
video Sir Ken Robinson captures the challenge and need for change to our
current education, perspectives, curriculum structure, approaches and teaching
methods.
Reference
Robinson, K. (2006) ‘How schools
kill creativity’. https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
Wired 28.08.3013 Jon Kamen: ‘Creativity is the missing
ingredient in education’. Available at: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/08/ideas-bank/stem-education-needs-some-steam-behind-it
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