EDU_Matters Book Club Chapter 1

Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education

By Ken Robinson Ph.D. and Lou Aronica

Essentials:

Date: 31st March 2019

Time: 2pm

Venue: Un Caffe Bar

Join us for our first EDU_Matters Book Club, bringing teaching communities together to learn and explore developments in education. Using key publications influencing education around the globe, we encourage different stakeholders, including teachers, tutors, leaders, policy-makers and parents, to join us for an afternoon of discussion and networking. Simply order the book online using one of our links below. Enjoy the read and attend our EDU_Matters Book Club gathering to share your thoughts, opinions and questions with others. All are invited to join us for this free event dedicated to developments in education. 

For our first chapter of the EDU_Matters Book Club we will be reading Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D.

About the Author:

Sir Ken Robinson is an educationalist, author, speaker and international advisor dedicated to creative approaches in education and business. In his career, Robinson’s work in Arts education has influenced numerous initiatives including; Arts in Schools Project, formulation of The National Curriculum in England, Artsworks-the UK's national youth arts development agency and UK commission on creativity. Robinson has received several commendations for his contribution to education including the Peabody Medal, Lego Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2013 made Knight Bachelor by the Queen of England. For 12 years he was professor of education in Warwick University and now holds the position of professor emeritus.  

A contributor to the TED community, Ken Robinson’s talk ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ is the most watched TED Talk of all time with over 80 million views. He continues to travel the globe spreading the message of the importance of creativity when facing challenges in education and business in the new global economies. 

Watch Ken Robinson’s powerful TEDTalk ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ here: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

About the Book:

Expanding on his TED Talk ‘Do schools kill creativity?’, Ken Robinson explores practical solutions for transformative education in Creative Schools. Educators continue to face the strains of systems led by standardised testing, where schools today still operate in a system designed centuries ago for the industrial age. Robinson provides an alternative approach where education has the potential to be highly individualized, engage all students, develop a love of learning and enable learners to impact upon real global challenges.  Creative Schools includes research, case histories, observations and anecdotes to inspire teachers, leaders, policy makers and parents to re-think the true purpose of nature of education.