"Would you really want a little Picasso in your class? How about a baby Gertrude Stein? Or a teenage Eminem? The point is that the classroom isn’t designed for impulsive expression – that’s called talking out of turn. Instead, it’s all about obeying group dynamics and exerting focused attention. Those are important life skills, of course, but decades of psychological research suggest that such skills have little to do with creativity."
~ - Jonah Lehrer, Classroom Creativity via The Frontal Cortex (via Alex Tabarrok) (via joegle) (via stoweboyd)
Interesting question: is the intent of our education programs to produce workers or creatives? I believe both are necessary.
Sweden tops Global Creativity Index before US, Finland, Denmark and Australia in that order.
I wonder how this correlates to e g how the Swedish school system works? Especially since Sweden seems below par in the PISA measurements… Maybe the Swedish school systems is bad at producing factory workers, but good at producing creative people??
(via The Global Creativity Index - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities)
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
~ Albert Einstein (via 122782)
(Source: revolutionnow, via quote-book)
About Me
I am a follower of Jesus, husband, and father. As pastor of Queen Street Church I am part of a community seeking the welfare and prosperity of the city of Kinston, NC.
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