Robinson recognizes education in the traditional setting to be linear. We teach students to get on a path with no detours and stay on it until the end and that end being college graduation. In his opinion education closes the door to the learners personal discovery. Robinson's suggestion is that we create an environment of creativity and diversity through the use of individual talents.
The reality is students are put on the conveyor belt of learning. Ideally, as early as preschool, educators must pull each child individually off the path conformity and allow them self proclaim their talents and wants. I am not suggesting to throw out evaluations and methods but instead incorporate the life of learning into the learning of life. A teacher's ability to use the classroom door as a portal that is inviting to thoughts and questions as opposed to the much dreaded door of conform or else will generate a classroom filled with energy and the much sought after participation.
I feel the setting I am currently in is open, accepting, and utilizes many of Robinson's views. My classroom is organized chaos and I recognize that not every student is striving to be the next aerospace engineer but each with the right approach can appreciate the joy of learning things they may have thought of to be out of reach.
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