Mind Blowing...

The following presentation on the necessity of creativity in education from Sir Ken Robinson is truly amazing. Head's up courtesy Nazy.


It is obvious that there is something amiss in the ways in which education and information are viewed, understood and applied - in its Riḍván Message of 2010, the Universal House of Justice says "Passivity is bred by the forces of society today. A desire to be entertained is nurtured from childhood, with increasing efficiency, cultivating generations willing to be led by whoever proves skillful at appealing to superficial emotions. Even in many educational systems students are treated as though they were receptacles designed to receive information. [...]the Bahá'í world has succeeded in developing a culture which promotes a way of thinking, studying, and acting, in which all consider themselves as treading a common path of service -- supporting one another and advancing together, respectful of the knowledge that each one possesses at any given moment...."

They further point to the need for "an environment conducive to the spiritual empowerment of individuals, who will come to see themselves as active agents of their own learning, as protagonists of a constant effort to apply knowledge to effect individual and collective transformation."

The success of our future as a society (and I mean global society) hinges on rethinking information and education - there are people in the world... people all around you who are doing just that. Creatively. Fearlessly. Purposefully. Join them.