The Creativity Edge in Education: Arts, Technology, & Passion
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This document discusses the importance of creativity, technology, and passion in education based on findings from neuroscience and cognitive science. It argues that creative, collaborative, and passionate learning engages students more authentically and that schools should make education of children the highest priority. New technologies like online learning and assistive tech can help empower students to learn at their own pace in and out of the classroom.
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The Creativity Edge in Education: Arts, Technology, & Passion
- 1. The Creativity Edge in Education: Arts, Technology & Passion Learning & The Brain Conference San Francisco, February 14, 2013 Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow George Lucas Educational Foundation San Francisco Bay Area milton.chen@edutopia.org 1
- 2. Good News #1: Happy Valentine’s Day!
- 4. Good News #2: Neuroscience Supports Creative, Collaborative, Passionate Learning!
- 5. Creative Learning = Authentic Learning School Life = Real Life “the great waste comes from [the child’s] inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school… within the school…on the other hand, he is unable to apply in daily life what he is learning at school.” John Dewey, The School and Society lecture, University of Chicago, 1899
- 6. Neuroscience & Cognitive Science: Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences 1. Verbal 2. Logical/Mathematical 3. Visual 4. Musical 5. Bodily/Kinesthetic 6. Intrapersonal 7. Interpersonal 8. Naturalist
- 10. “Average students learn subject matter in a third or less of present time, pleasurably rather than painfully.” George Leonard, Education and Ecstasy, 1967
- 14. Learning Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace
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- 17. Imagine an Education Nation… A learning society where education of children is the highest priority, on par with a strong economy, high employment, and national security. A nation is only as good as its educational system.
- 19. • Creativity & Innovation: Key to an Education Nation • A “Must Do,” Not Just “Nice to Know” • Internet Time: Google 15 Years Old, YouTube 8 Years, MOOC 4 Years • Every 30 seconds, 24 Hours of New YouTube Video
- 21. Growth vs. Fixed Mindset: Students, Educators, & Parents
- 24. The Technology Edge • Weapons of Mass Instruction, 1:1 edutopia.org/maine-project-learning- schools-that-work • iPod, iListen, iRead sites.google.com/a/eusd.org/eusd-iread/ • Online Learning edutopia.org/stw-online-learning- new-breakthroughs • Assistive Tech/Universal Design
- 31. What’s your definition of a great school? Make it short and measurable!
- 32. Do the students run in at the same rate they run out? Assess Passion for Learning!