Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Kens Robinsons: Kā skolas nogalē radošumu
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. Full bio
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running through the conference
kas caurvij konferenci
to what I want to talk about.
par ko vēlos runāt.
evidence of human creativity
radošo spēju apliecinājumi
and the range of it.
that it's put us in a place
what's going to happen,
has an interest in education.
ka visus interesē izglītība.
at dinner parties, frankly.
saviesīgās vakariņās,
you're not asked.
jūs uz tām neielūdz.
That's strange to me.
Tas man šķiet dīvaini.
you know, "Why me?"
vai ne, „Kāpēc es?”
they pin you to the wall.
viņu jūs pienaglo pie sienas.
that goes deep with people, am I right?
kas cilvēkus skar ļoti dziļi, vai ne?
and I think we all do.
un, manuprāt, tā interesē mūs visus.
un pamatota interese,
that's meant to take us into this future
mūs jānoved pie nākotnes,
children starting school this year
kas šogad sāks iet skolā,
on parade for the past four days,
kas parādīta pēdējo četru dienu laikā,
in five years' time.
to be educating them for it.
šai nākotnei jāizglīto.
I think, is extraordinary.
ir neparasti liela.
capacities that children have --
patiesi neparastas spējas —
was a marvel, wasn't she?
bija burvīga, ne tā?
she's not, so to speak,
no otras puses, manuprāt,
ja skatāmies bērnus kopumā.
of extraordinary dedication
ar ārkārtīgi lielu mērķtiecību,
all kids have tremendous talents.
ka visiem bērniem ir neaprakstāmi talanti.
is as important in education as literacy,
šobrīd ir tikpat svarīgs kā rakstpratība,
with the same status.
-- I love telling it --
kuru man patīk pārstāstīt.
who was in a drawing lesson.
at the back, drawing,
un viņa klases aizmugurē zīmēja,
hardly ever paid attention,
ka viņa tikpat kā nekam neveltīja uzmanību,
and she said, "What are you drawing?"
un vaicāja: „Ko tu zīmē?”
drawing a picture of God."
knows what God looks like."
kā Dievs izskatās,” teica skolotāja.
"They will, in a minute."
everywhere, to be honest.
wherever he went, he was four that year.
lai kur viņš būtu viņam togad bija četri gadi.
Do you remember the story?
Atceraties stāstu?
you may have seen it.
Varbūt esat redzējuši.
which we were thrilled about.
par ko bijām sajūsmināti.
one of the lead parts.
par vienu no galvenajām lomām.
full of agents in T-shirts:
ar aģentiem T-kreklos ar uzrakstiem:
where the three kings come in?
gold, frankincense and myrrh.
zeltu, sveķiem un vīraku.
they just went out of sequence,
un viņi, šķiet, sajauca secību,
afterward and we said,
"Yeah, why? Was that wrong?"
„Jā, vai tad kaut kas bija nepareizi?”
on their heads,
"I bring you gold."
"I bring you myrrh."
"Es jums nesu vīraku."
„Šo jums sūta Frenks.”
is that kids will take a chance.
frightened of being wrong.
is the same thing as being creative.
ka kļūdīties ir tas pats, kas būt radošam.
if you're not prepared to be wrong,
with anything original --
most kids have lost that capacity.
lielākā daļa bērnu šo spēju ir zaudējuši.
frightened of being wrong.
national education systems
thing you can make.
ko var pieļaut.
we are educating people
that all children are born artists.
ka visi bērni ir dzimuši mākslinieki.
as we grow up.
ir palikt māksliniekam.
that we don't grow into creativity,
ka mēs neizaugam līdz radošumam,
until about five years ago.
dzīvoju Stratfordā uz Eivonas.
from Stratford to Los Angeles.
no Stratfordas uz Losandželosu.
what a seamless transition that was.
cik tās bija nemanāmas pārmaiņas.
called Snitterfield,
tādā vietā kā Sniterfīlda,
Shakespeare's father was born.
having a father, do you?
ka Šekspīram ir tēvs, vai ne?
of Shakespeare being a child, do you?
ka Šekspīrs ir bijis bērns, vai ne?
English class, wasn't he?
angļu valodas stundās, vai ne?
to Shakespeare, "Go to bed, now!
sakot Šekspīram: „Tagad ej gulēt!
from Stratford to Los Angeles,
pārcēlāmies uz Losandželosu.
about the transition.
par pārcelšanos.
he's 21 now, my daughter's 16.
Viņam tagad ir 21, meitai — 16.
a girlfriend in England.
bet viņam Anglijā bija draudzene.
their fourth anniversary,
viņi bija nosvinējuši ceturto gadadienu,
another girl like Sarah."
tādu meiteni kā Sāra.”
about that, frankly --
mēs par to bijām gaužām priecīgi.
we were leaving the country.
kāpēc mēs pametām valsti.
when you move to America
has the same hierarchy of subjects.
ir tā pati priekšmetu hierarhija.
otherwise, but it isn't.
ka citur ir citādāk, bet tā nav.
and at the bottom are the arts.
un pašā apakšā ir mākslas.
there's a hierarchy within the arts.
mākslās ir sava hierarhija.
given a higher status in schools
parasti skolās ir augstākā statusā,
system on the planet
Manuprāt, tas ir diezgan svarīgi.
important, but so is dance.
bet tāda ir arī dejošana.
if they're allowed to, we all do.
Mēs visi tā darām.
Did I miss a meeting?
Vai arī es ko palaidu garām?
as children grow up,
from the waist up.
no vidukļa uz augšu.
education, as an alien,
citplanētieša acīm,
„Kam domāta publiskā izglītība?”
if you look at the output,
spriežot pēc rezultātiem,
points, who are the winners --
kuri ir uzvarētāji.
the whole purpose of public education
ka visas izglītības sistēmas mērķis
professors, but you know,
of all human achievement.
out of affection for them.
un es to saku aiz mīlestības pret viņiem.
about professors in my experience --
profesoros ir kas īpatnējs —
they live in their heads.
viņi dzīvo savās galvās.
and slightly to one side.
un nedaudz uz vienu pusi.
in a kind of literal way.
savā ziņā burtiskā nozīmē.
of transport for their heads.
kā transportlīdzekli savām galvām.
their head to meetings.
viņu galvas uz sanāksmēm.
of out-of-body experiences,
ārpusķermeņa pieredzes esamībai,
conference of senior academics,
kurā piedalās vecākie akadēmiķi,
on the final night.
writhing uncontrollably, off the beat.
kas nevaldāmi lokās, bez ritma izjūtas.
go home and write a paper about it.
lai varētu iet uzrakstīt par to rakstu.
on the idea of academic ability.
balstās uz ideju par akadēmiskajām spējām.
no public systems of education,
nebija publiskās izglītības sistēmas.
to meet the needs of industrialism.
lai apmierinātu industriālisma vajadzības.
subjects for work are at the top.
darba dzīvei ir augšgalā.
probably steered benignly away
were a kid, things you liked,
kas jums patika,
never get a job doing that. Is that right?
nekad nedabūsiet darbu. Vai tiesa?
going to be a musician;
tu nebūsi mākslinieks.
is engulfed in a revolution.
our view of intelligence,
mūsu izpratnē par intelektu,
the system in their image.
radīja pēc savas līdzības.
of public education around the world
publiskās izglītības sistēma
of university entrance.
lai iestātos universitātē.
is that many highly-talented,
ka daudzi ļoti talantīgi,
people think they're not,
domā, ka viņi tādi nav,
they were good at at school
or was actually stigmatized.
to go on that way.
ka nevaram atļauties tā turpināt.
nākamajos 30 gados,
than since the beginning of history.
of all the things we've talked about --
visu iepriekšminētu faktoru kombinācija:
effect on work, and demography
un demogrāfija,
if you had a degree, you had a job.
ja tev bija grāds, tev bija darbs.
it's because you didn't want one.
tu vienkārši to negribēji.
to carry on playing video games,
lai turpinātu spēlēt datorspēles,
the previous job required a BA,
kur kādreiz vajadzēja bakalaura,
structure of education
ka visa izglītības sistēmas struktūra
our view of intelligence.
mūsu skatījums uz intelektu.
that we experience it.
kādos to piedzīvojam.
we think kinesthetically.
mēs domājam kinestētiski.
we think in movement.
mēs domājam kustībā.
of a human brain,
cilvēka smadzenēs,
from a number of presentations,
dzirdējām vairākās prezentācijās,
which I define as the process
ko es definēju kā procesu,
that have value --
through the interaction
ways of seeing things.
dažādu nozaru skatījums uz lietām.
that joins the two halves of the brain
kas savieno abas puslodes,
are better at multi-tasking.
labāk padodas vairāki darbi vienlaikus.
but I know it from my personal life.
bet es to zinu no personīgās dzīves.
which is not often, thankfully.
kas, paldies Dievam, nav pārāk bieži.
but if she's cooking,
bet, ja viņa gatavo,
she's painting the ceiling,
is shut, the kids are out,
bērni ir laukā,
if she comes in I get annoyed.
un ja viņa ienāk virtuvē, es saīgstu.
I'm trying to fry an egg in here."
es te mēģinu uzcept olu.”
that old philosophical thing,
to veco filozofisko domu,
and nobody hears it, did it happen?
un neviens to nedzird, vai tas vispār notika?
recently, which said,
uz kura rakstīts:
in a forest, and no woman hears him,
un neviena sieviete to nedzird,
called "Epiphany,"
ko sauc „Atklāsme”,
of interviews with people
intervijas ar cilvēkiem par to,
by how people got to be there.
I had with a wonderful woman
ar kādu burvīgu sievieti,
have never heard of, Gillian Lynne.
nemaz nav dzirdējuši — Džilianu Linnu.
and everybody knows her work.
un visi zina viņas darbus.
of The Royal Ballet,
Karaliskā baleta valdē,
lunch one day and I said,
kādudien pusdienojām, un es vaicāju:
she was really hopeless.
wrote to her parents and said,
aizrakstīja viņas vecākiem un teica,
has a learning disorder."
she was fidgeting.
Wouldn't you?
hadn't been invented at this point.
un UDHS vēl nebija izgudrots.
ka viņiem tas var būt.
and she was there with her mother,
istabā ar ozolkoka paneļiem,
on this chair at the end,
un nosēdināja krēslu rindas galā,
while this man talked to her mother
kamēr šis cilvēks runāja ar viņas mammu
Gillian was having at school.
kas Džilianai bija skolā.
her homework was always late; and so on,
kavēja mājas darbus, un tā tālāk,
went and sat next to Gillian, and said,
apsēdās blakus Džilianai un teica:
things your mother's told me,
ko stāstīja tava mamma,
we won't be very long,"
mēs drīz būsim atpakaļ,”
that was sitting on his desk.
mother, "Just stand and watch her."
„Pastāviet un paskatieties uz viņu”
and he turned to her mother and said,
un ārsts pagriezās pret viņas māti un teica:
isn't sick; she's a dancer.
Džiliana nav slima, viņa ir dejotāja.
how wonderful it was.
Es nevaru pat izstāstīt, cik tas bija brīnišķīgi.
and it was full of people like me.
tādiem cilvēkiem kā es.
Who had to move to think.
Kuriem bija jākustas, lai domātu.
they did modern; they did contemporary.
viņi dejoja džezu, laikmetīgās dejas
for the Royal Ballet School;
Karaliskajā Baleta skolā,
a wonderful career at the Royal Ballet.
ar brīnišķīgu karjeru Karaliskajā baletā.
from the Royal Ballet School,
Karalisko baleta skolu,
musical theater productions in history,
muzikālajiem uzvedumiem vēsturē
and she's a multi-millionaire.
un viņa ir multimiljonāre.
on medication and told her to calm down.
un pateikt, lai viņa nomierinās.
that was triggered by Rachel Carson.
ko aizsāka Reičela Kārsone.
of human ecology,
to reconstitute our conception
ir izrakņājusi mūsu prātus
for a particular commodity.
meklējot kādu izrakteni.
the fundamental principles
by Jonas Salk, who said,
kurš teica:
were to disappear from the Earth,
on Earth would end.
disappeared from the Earth,
of life would flourish."
visas dzīvības formas uzplauktu.”
of the human imagination.
ir cilvēka iztēles dotības.
that we've talked about.
par kuriem runājām.
our creative capacities
ir saredzot mūsu radošās spējas
for the hope that they are.
kā to cerību, ko viņi nes.
their whole being,
ir izglītot viņus visā viņu pilnībā,
varam nepiedzīvot,
make something of it.
ir viņiem palīdzēt ar to kaut ko izdarīt.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ken Robinson - Author/educatorCreativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Why you should listen
Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. It's a message with deep resonance. Robinson's TED Talk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? "Everyone should watch this."
A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements. His 2009 book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 21 languages. A 10th anniversary edition of his classic work on creativity and innovation, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, was published in 2011. His 2013 book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life, is a practical guide that answers questions about finding your personal Element. In his latest book, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education, he argues for an end to our outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on today’s unprecedented technological and professional resources to engage all students.
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