professor ken robinson & the importance of creativity jen farrant
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Professor Ken Robinson & the importance of creativity
Jen Farrant
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About me
• Creative & strategic thinker • Arts manager & consultant• Arts Award Adviser • Arts Award Supporter Consultant • Trinity College London • Shakespeare Schools Festivals • Pop Up Festival • Royal Opera House Bridge
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What are we going to do?
• Talk about creativity • Listen to Ken Robinson – my education hero• Discuss his ideas• No wrong answers • Often isn’t a right answer• Which is the point......
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What is this?
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Awww....
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What am I talking about?
• Why have I started my presentation like this? • What am I trying to get you to think about? • CLUE – think of the title of my presentation!
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What can you do with this?
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What do you think?
• In your groups discuss this • Do you agree? • Disagree? • Any personal experience you are happy to
share?
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Creativity
• The creative industries are the UK’s fastest growing industry
• This includes gaming, media, film, theatre, etc. • But! • There is more to creativity than just the
creative industries....but before we move onto that...
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UK Film Industry
• directly generating 43,900 full time jobs • contributing £1.6 billion to national GDP. • In employment terms, the industry is larger
than fund management and the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
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• contributed over £4.6 billion to UK GDP • £1.3 billion to the Exchequer (2011)• UK film industry has been
very positive with GDP growth consistently outstripping the UK as a whole
• Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of the UK film Industry
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Kate Winslet
• Worth £60m to the UK economy
• Inc tourism • Her revenue• Jobs generated • ‘general promotional effect’• Guardian Article
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Danny Boyle
• Did drama at university • Worked at joint stock theatre • Royal court theatre • Old Vic • Trainspotting• Slumdog millionaire • Olympic opening ceremony
• Wikipedia article
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How does Ken Robinson’s speech relate to this....
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STEM
• Science, technology, engineering and maths• All requires creativity • Thinking outside of the box • Think of Star Trek and the first tricorder...
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Star Trek....Now
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Creativity
• How would you encourage creativity within schools?
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You are not just teaching dance, drama and music
You are teaching so much, much more
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Conclusion
• Education is stifling creativity • Creativity is vital to our futures• You are providing young people with amazing
skills and experiences which will last them the rest of their lives
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