Do schools kill creativity?
"We are educating people out of their creative capacities. Picasso once said that all children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up. I believe this passionately, that we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it." ~Ken Robinson
A group of 1,600 kids were given a creativity test initially crafted for NASA recruits. The results were startling; 98% of these youngsters were labeled as creative geniuses.
However, a follow-up revealed a concerning trend. The genius tag dropped to 30% at age 10 and further down to 12% at age 15. When [tested as] adults, only 2% maintained this level of creative genius.
Lead researcher George Land identified two forms of thinking; divergent, linked to imagination and new ideas, and convergent, related to judgement and evaluation.
Land’s study, one of the longest experiments in history, portrayed a glaring issue. The traditional educational setup seemed to be stifling the natural creative prowess of children, morphing them into less creative adults.
This longitudinal exploration by Land and his team revealed a pressing need; a call for an educational overhaul to nurture rather than suppress the inherent creativity within individuals. Land’s narrative hints at a potential goldmine of creativity, waiting to be tapped, if only the educational paradigms are shifted to favor divergent thinking."
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” ~Vincent van Gogh
Primary text source: NASA's Study on Children: How Traditional Schooling Reduces Creative Spark https://yourstory.com/.../nasa-study-creative-genius... https://yourstory.com/.../nasa-study-creative-genius...
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Every Child is an Artist by Nature
Do Schools Kill Creativity? Ken Robinson TED Talk https://www.ted.com/.../sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill...
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