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 | | Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson ISBN-10: 9781841121253 ISBN-10: 1-84112-125-8 ISBN-13: 9781841121253 ISBN-13: 978-1-84112-125-3 Paperback 2001-03-15 Capstone Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 'Ken Robinson writes brilliantly about the different ways in which creativity is undervalued and ignored in Western culture and especially in our educational systems.' JOHN CLEESE 'Out of Our Minds explains why being creative in today's world is a vital necessity. This is a book not to be missed. Read and rejoice.' KEN BLANCHARD
'If ever there was a time when creativity was necessary for the survival and growth of any organization, it is now. This book, more than any other I know, provides important insights on how leaders can evoke and sustain those creative juices.' WARREN BENNIS | ||
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Essential Reading This book is essential reading for anyone involved in education. It is a new world, an entirely different world and education and commerce well never be the same. This book provides analysis with respect to where we are and establishes a strategy for dealing with the future. We ignore these realities at our peril. | ||
Absolutely amazing! Right on target. I was put on to Ken Robison's work after listening to his TED talk about the same subject. This is probably one of the most influential and thought-changing books I've ever read. It is very well written, is well thought-out, and highly relevant. It is long, but it is thorough, and I appreciated that. I was never bored reading it. I've bought a copy for my Sister, am lending mine to an artist friend of mine, and am considering buying one for my Brother & Sister-in-Law. I truly wish I had read this book in High School or earlier, although I'm not sure I would've appreciated the message fully. I definitely plan on using the book to form how I direct the education of my children, and my own continuing education as an adult. An eye-opener. The only drawback is that, having this kind of understanding will likely generate ideas that are disruptive to the status-quo around you. I highly recommend buying this book and reading it, which is not something I do often, although I do read a lot of books on different subjects. | ||
Finally Recognizing the Need to Teach Creative Thinking In this day of No Child Left Behind, Teaching to Tests, and Math and Science as a priority, finally Sir Ken comes about and shares with us the need to teach children from an early age how to think creatively. Creativity is critical to brain development, problem-solving and psycho-social development. Additionally, Innovation, has been recognized as key to the future of our economy. | ||
great material, every parent should read this book you've never thought about these things. or, if you did, you didn't think about them in relation to your child. this book is a silent call for action; as human beings. | ||
Below Expectations I bought this book having seen Sir Ken's brilliant and unforgettable talk from the 2006 TED conference. Unfortunately, his coherence and wit do not convey in the printed version. There are a handful of points from the book that will stick with me. One reviewer has already mentioned one, that many of us go forward in our lives working in the wrong medium. He tells of a talented concert pianist who realized in mid-stream of a successful career that she had no passion for it, and became an editor. Another idea that was new to me is that subject areas in the education system are in large measure a management tool rather than an objective description of human knowledge. If there are only ten categories, than many of our arts will suffer from sub-category status. Drama? Oh, that goes under English. Or how about dance? Let's throw it in with the rest of physical education. These simplifying reductions are harmful to deeper understanding. This book is hurt by terrible editing. I care more about ideas than spelling and grammar, but the former are obscured without attention to the latter. I can't tell you how many times Robinson's train of thought is derailed by missing articles, conjunctions, and adverbs. By the time I had read the sentence enough times to put it back together, I had lost the thrust of the argument. If you haven't seen Sir Ken's TED talk, you must seek it out. His message is as important to our society at the turn of the 21st century as any you'll hear, and his abilities as a speaker are awe inspiring. I would love to be able to recommend his book, but it doesn't really hold together. | ||