Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up-Sir Ken Robinson

In a highly memorable and humorous talk at Engage 2018, Top Hat’s conference for innovative higher educators, international education expert and TED talk alumnus Sir Ken Robinson spoke about the radical changes needed in education to help the next generation thrive.

Watch as the New York Times best-selling author and world renowned education expert shares research and advice with professors to help bring out the best in students. This is a 20-minute excerpt of Sir Ken Robinson’s talk

( As a respected adviser to governments in Europe, Asia and the United States, Sir Ken Robinson argues in this powerful presentation that many countries are pushing reforms in the wrong direction and that the dominant culture of standardization and testing is stifling the very capabilities that our children, communities and economies need most. Drawing from his groundbreaking books, Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, and Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education, he explains why too many are locked into a model of education shaped by the Industrial Revolution and a narrow idea of academic ability. Urging schools and colleges everywhere to rethink their basic assumptions about intelligence and achievement, Sir Ken argues for radical changes in how we educate all students to meet the extraordinary challenges of living and working in the 21st century. )