“Do Schools Kill Creativity?”
In this thought provoking and entertaining TED Talk, Sir Ken Robinson argues that schools stifle creativity by focusing too much on only a few of the human mind’s many kinds of intelligence.
While not specifically related to language learning, I think Sir Ken Robinson’s suggestions about educational reform apply across all fields of study, especially skill-based subjects like foreign language.
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