Ken Robinson- Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Ken Robinson has presented one of the most watched Ted Talk shows ever about school and creativity. He says: “we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather we get educated out of it”. In other words, everyone is creative at first, but schools threaten this process with all the standard subjects that we think are so important while some subjects like art and music have less time in the curriculum.

He also says that children are not afraid to be wrong, but all of this changes when they grow up. Troughout my few experiences in my practicum, I was able to observe this phenomenon. They are afraid to answer your questions because they don't want to look stupid in front of the other students. It's by trying and testing new things that children use their imagination to become more  and more creative. It's a shame that students are afraid to speak up and to make mistakes. And by the way, what's wrong with making mistakes, we, as adults, still make some mistakes in our day-to-day jobs, our colleagues are there to help us and we learn from our mistakes, so we can do things differently, better. Students are often asked to do different assigments alone, they are expected not to make mistakes and it does not help them prepare for their future.