Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Aesthetic Experience Versus the Anesthetic Experience

Sir Ken Robinson hits the nail on the head in his evaluation of our current system of public education:

Thanks, once again, to Carrie for sending it my way. Here's the long version of this talk, and another related short talk.

1 comment:

Grant said...

This really is a great talk, I'm glad to have stumbled upon your bolg so I could see it. And these animations are really quite effective.

I'm particularly taken by the implications this sort of thinking has for arts and music education. Hopefully the powers that be will begin to heed such thinking as this and we can start heading in new and exciting directions.

Grant Charles Chaput
@GCComposer
KillingClassicalMusic.com