Creating a culture of learning

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Sir Ken Robinson said the current education system is designed to create conformist and compliant students, but this approach doesn’t honor the diversity and creativity inherent in human life.

Source: Sir Ken Robinson: How to Create a Culture For Valuable Learning | MindShift | KQED News

Our society was built on the diversity of its members. The motivation to do what hasn’t be done before. If schools push conformity and complience, this diversity and its creative drive is diminished.

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