how we kill creativity in our educational environment...

This is one of these videos that you cannot stop thinking about… What do you think?
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

It is not inquiry if…

1) Students know what results they are "supposed" to get. 2) The questions and the steps are predetermined for them 3) The teacher is working harder than the students. Now the question is… What type of students do you wanna have?

Let's focus on what's important

Most of the time, as teachers we tend to overwhelm students with data, formulas, theorems… I am not saying that those are not important but is that the essential part? What do you think?