All of the Brickton representatives (pictured-Molly, Cheryl, Judy, Erica- and Debbie, Heather W., Erika) confirmed that every workshop attended was "one of the best ever." We all came back inspired and thankful to be educators!
My next few blogs will highlight two of the keynote speakers; Sir Ken Robinson on creativity and Dan Heath on change.
Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting to get different results.
Take education.
Despite significant changes in cultural and global needs, traditional school models and outcomes have remained pretty standard over the years. What do you think the world would be like if schools valued creativity, innovation, dedication and flexibility over single dimensional test scores?
Sir Ken Robinson (a featured speaker at two upcoming Chicago conferences; ISACS in November and AMS in March) challenges us to explore new educational paradigms. Maria Montessori's educational philosophy (while over 100 years old) is a wonderful model of an educational environment designed to unleash the potential within each child.
If you have a few minutes, watch this RSA Animation of Sir Ken Robinson's lecture.
I can't help but think that Montessori schools are part of this new paradigm of learning. How about you?
