- Watch the 10 min video on the arts within education.
- After watching, discuss stereotypical ideas of how creative learning happens in performing arts. Do schools kill creativity?
Note: Notions of social bias can be explored here, as well as stereotypes in education, performance, in the arts, etc.
This is a great activity for collective research. Example: The Cultural Paradigm – a Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson available on Youtube and on Ted.com (https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms). In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising school drop-out rates, schools’ dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for students, parents and teachers.