Tuesday, May 22, 2012
How We Learn
I thought it was time to introduce you to one of my favourite speakers - Sir Ken Robinson, a writer I have long considered almost a mentor as I navigate these waters of parenting and alternative education.
I know most of you won't click on an embedded video...I usually don't, myself. But this one is so very worth your time.
I haven't quite figured out why, but I cry every time I listen to it...usually right around "Somebody else might have put her on medication and told her to calm down."
Please comment and tell me what you think.
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This is one of my favourite TED talks. I showed it at a home school support night all about dealing with our worries. It was a big hit.
Thank you. What a great speaker and innovative thinker
Oh gosh I sobbed like a baby. It was the part where he said, "She's not sick; she's a dancer." As you know, we're starting to understand that we have a child who has not, does not and will never learn and think like his peers; this talk was tremendously inspirational to me. Thanks for posting this.
This is, honestly, my favorite TED talk ever. (Followed closely by Sugata Mitra's talk on the Child Driven Education.) I didn't realize that Sir Robinson wrote--which only makes sense--he speaks like a writer, and I LOVE his Ted talk.
I'm off to find some of that writing now . . .
I watched this some time ago. I decided to watch it again, today. Glad I did.
It changed how I teach my kiddoes. Maybe not enough, but it did give me a new perspective.
Thanks for the reminder.
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LOVED it. As the grandmother of one fourteen year old who does not fit the typical mold, has some learning difficulties, but is gifted in artistic expression I appreciated what he had to say. She is wonderful just the way she is and we celebrate her every day.
And I loved his British humour--and the fact that he is from Stratford--not far away from my home village of Alvechurch!
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