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Ken Robinson

Né(e): March 04, 1950 – Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Sir Ken Robinson was a British author, speaker, and education adviser focused on creativity, learning, and school reform. His notable books include The Element, Creative Schools, and Out of Our Minds. Knighted in 2003, he reached a global audience through his TED Talk on education, one of TED’s most-watched presentations.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Ken Robinson, later Sir Ken Robinson, was born on March 4, 1950, in Liverpool and grew up in a working-class family as one of seven children. A major early turning point came when he contracted polio at age four, spent months in hospital, and lived thereafter with lasting physical effects. That experience sharpened his sensitivity to children who did not fit standard educational expectations. He went on to study English and drama at Bretton Hall College of Education, then part of the University of Leeds, and later completed a doctorate at the University of London on drama and theatre in education. His intellectual foundations were formed at the intersection of literature, performance, and teaching rather than within a narrow policy lane. ((https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/26/sir-ken-robinson-obituary?utm_source=openai))

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We are educating people out of their creativity
-Do schools kill creativity?
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If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original
-Do schools kill creativity?
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Creativity isn’t a specific activity; it’s a quality of things we do
-TED and Reddit asked Sir Ken Robinson anything — and he answered
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The heart and soul of education is pedagogy
-TED and Reddit asked Sir Ken Robinson anything — and he answered
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It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future
-Out of Our Minds
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We must learn to be creative
-Out of Our Minds
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Learning is acquiring new skills and understanding; education is an organised system of learning; a school is a community of learners
-Wired Magazine: Standardisation broke education. Here's how we can fix our schools
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The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion
-The Element
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I’ve been doing what I do for a fairly long time
-About Sir Ken

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