Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth.
Ken RobinsonThese powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.
Ken RobinsonIt is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way and you lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the other way and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realize our true creative potential-in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities-we need to think differently about ourselves and to act differently towards each other. We must learn to be creative.
Ken RobinsonThe answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was.
Ken RobinsonWe have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process; it's an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish.
Ken Robinson