Music Banter - View Single Post - Education Vs. Creativity
View Single Post
Old 09-22-2009, 01:32 AM   #9 (permalink)
Astronomer
we are stardust
 
Astronomer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 2,894
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by boo boo View Post
Schools teaching creativity is counterproductive.

How can you mold someone to be another cog in the wheel if they start being "creative"?

Schools don't want you to be creative, they want you to be efficient. Creativity is for commies.
No, they don't. That's precisely what good schools don't want to do - they don't want to turn their students into 'another cog in the wheel.' Like I said, teacher training these days places so much emphasis on individuality, creativity, directional thinking, different ways of learning, etc. Everything I've seen in schools in Australia aims to teach students to be individual and creative and learn in the way that is most effective for them, rather than hypodermically learn knowledge like some kind of production line.

It's true that there are many schools out there that operate as businesses rather than facilitators of learning and creativity. But I can honestly say that most government schools over here encourage creativity and innovation and that this concept of schooling is heavily ingrained in teacher training as well.
__________________
Astronomer is offline   Reply With Quote