If you’re in education, you’ve probably seen this very sophisticated video from The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts. With more than three million views, we’d be surprised if you hadn’t seen it. But here is it again in all its splendour.
This Renegade Teacher believes this video is really a load of bunk, but we’ll let others explain why. First off, we suggest you read the following critiques:
- He Must Be Right…He’s SIR Ken Robinson! by Robert Pondiscio October 25th, 2010. “What sounds like a bold, visionary approach to school is essentially just the latest iteration of the Romantic view of education “typified by Pestalozzi and Rousseau,”
- Willingham: Is a paradigm shift really needed? By Valerie Strauss
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Pingback by Marc A. Cormier » » More links of interest on February 26, 2011 at 10:20 pm
[...] I have always distrusted slick presentations. Is Ken Robinson just another Sophist? [...]