NETS-T 1, and 4
Teachers use their knowledge and improve their profession by facilitating and promoting technology in the classroom.
Reflection result for NETS-T Module:
T1.a Creativity and Schools-Sir Ken Robinson
As an educator for more than 20 years I have seen the pendulum change from left to right and back to the left again. And in all those years we have done exactly what Mr. Robinson shared in his talk and that is that the educational system has focused on "academic abilities" rather than promote creativity. At this time of budget cuts, standardized testing, state standards, and accountability, the first subjects eliminated from our schools are the arts. Music, art, dance, drama are the creative subjects that address the needs of those students who excel in these areas. When they first enter school, our children make mistakes, they use their imaginations, they are "free thinker". Today our students are no longer "risk takers" and are afraid to make mistakes.
According to Robinson, "schools kill creativity". I believe those of us in education totally agree, but what can we do? Robinson suggests we change the structure of our educational system and promote the arts, acknowledge students talents, enhance their creativity and imaginations by educating the whole child.
That is completely true, as teachers we have been mandated to focus more on testing b/c that's what gets us money. We should be more focused on content and how to delivery the content to the students so they can best learn them. Young students are naturally curious and creativity, why contain that? Somehow we have to harness their creativity in the classroom through lesson planning.
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