Dear All,
One of my favorite quotes is the quote by Albert Einstein, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." I wish every teacher and every student in this universe - from kindergarden to university - would live by this quote every day. Focusing on imagination also means focusing on creativity. And creativity, in my opinion, is the key to creating a better world.
Unfortunately, our present education system is trying to kill both imagination and creativity in the name of science and progress. Change is necessary - and some of the leading educators have meanwhile recognized the importance that creativity and imagination play today.
Please think about the topic yourself - and post links to important contributions about the importance of creativity and/or imagination. Please feel also free to comment on the topic yourself.
gudrun
One of my favorite quotes is the quote by Albert Einstein, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." I wish every teacher and every student in this universe - from kindergarden to university - would live by this quote every day. Focusing on imagination also means focusing on creativity. And creativity, in my opinion, is the key to creating a better world.
Unfortunately, our present education system is trying to kill both imagination and creativity in the name of science and progress. Change is necessary - and some of the leading educators have meanwhile recognized the importance that creativity and imagination play today.
Please think about the topic yourself - and post links to important contributions about the importance of creativity and/or imagination. Please feel also free to comment on the topic yourself.
gudrun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
ReplyDeleteI find this kinetic typography of Stephen Fry's talk about the creative use of language very inspiring.
John Chen
Hi John, Thanks for finding this talk. It's great! g
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/erik_johansson_impossible_photography.html
ReplyDeleteErik Johansson talks about his process of combing photographs of the same light and perspective to create realistic imaginary places or things.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html
Rory Sutherland speaks about how advertising should be trying to increase the intangible value of goods rather than trying to overload the system with "new and better" things.