#edbookclub is starting the next round of reading and the choice is Ken Robinson's Our of Our Minds. I have read the first 16 pages so I am barely into it. I keep wondering the balance between creativity and content. On page 6 ( of the edition I got in the USA ) he is talking about new technologies and says "New forms of work rely increasingly on high levels of specialist knowledge, and on creativity and innovation."
Is school not the place to learn the specialist knowledge? If so do we lessen the amount of content to put in time for creativity? Also how do we do this? I am full of question and have few answers and will be interested to see what the bookclub think and what is in the book.
As a chemistry teacher I find that my students come to class with little specialist knowledge and that my class is the starting point for their knowledge of chemistry. However it is hard work and students do not like the hard work because it is not fun. I know for myself that my personal learning takes time and effort and is not fun. It is the end result that is fun, the knowledge that I have learned something new, made advances in my own knowledge base and can do something new.
More to come as I read more and see what others have to say.
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