A book worth reading:
by Sir Ken Robinson and Kate Robinson
Extract from the Contents page
Our creative powers have brought untold benefits to our lives, the health of our bodies, and the complexity of our cultures.They have also brought us to a critical pass.
1. The Human Advantage
Imagination is what separates us from the rest of life on Earth. It is through imagination that we create the worlds in which we live. We can also re-create them.
2. The World We Have Created
The human world is shaped by the ideas, beliefs, and values of human imagination and culture. It is created out of our minds as much as from the
natural environment.
3. You're More Than You Think
Intelligence is diverse, dynamic, and distinct. Intelligence and creativity are blood relatives. One cannot exist without the other.
4. The Promise of Education
Education must enable students to understand the world around them and the talents within them so that they can become fulfilled individuals and active, compassionate citizens.
5. From the Factory to the Farm
We are depleting our human resources in the same way we are depleting the Earth's resources. Our future depends on tackling both crises urgently.
6. Creating Miracles
Our role is to create the conditions for life and learning to flourish. When we do that, we realize we have been in the miracle business all along.
7. One Shot
Our best hope for the future is to develop a new understanding of human capacity to meet a new era of human existence.
8. Be the Change
Rock 'n' roll was not a government-led initiative. Revolutions do not wait for legislation; they emerge from what people do at the ground level.
IMAGINE If...
" The Lesson we most need to learn is that there is more to life on Earth than human beings and more to being human than self interest. Our futures all depend on learning this lesson by heart."
