Do Schools Kill Creativity?

In each class on campus, I like to start our work together with the following short video to get the conversation going... so I see no reason why we cannot do this with our online course too.


Do Schools Kill Creativity?



Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. He challenges the way we look at education and children.

Please take 20 minutes and watch this video.

So what does this mean for you, as a teacher, with regards to teaching and in particular with regards to teaching mathematics? What strikes you about what Sir Ken says?