A educação por Ken Robinson: academia versus opinião pública

Abstract

Sir Ken Robinson became an internationally recognized speaker about education and creativity. Robinson's first TED Talk has been widely seen around the Web since its release in June 2006. His book "The Element " has been translated in 21 countries. He argues that education systems, which are training people to become good workers instead of educating creative thinkers, ends destroying our natural human talents. Reviewing literature on contemporary education theories as well as two examples close to Robinson’s ideas (Summerhill and Reggio Emilia schools) helped framing this study. Applying qualitative content analysis as an interpretation method in case study research allowed us to identify some implicit ideas and education theories in his book and conference "The Element " posted on YouTube ™ and relating them to the public comments on that Internet platform. Results show that most of the reviews are positive and supporting his ideas as well as his communication skills. Although on the path of others before him advocating a more child-centered education, Robinson never turns clear his alternative education system and mechanisms to perform better.