1. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
…the ‘wicked’ problem of
standardization and industrial design
of the current educational system that
underestimates intelligence and
penalizes creativity…
Changing the Education
Paradigm:{ inspired by the TED talk by Ken Robinson }

2. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
…we want our kids to be prepared to
have jobs in the future, but also
maintain their sense of culture in a
world undergoing major
globalization…
There are two motivating factors
for reforming education around the
world { Financial and Cultural }

3. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
…kids that see no purpose in going to
school are alienated…
Systems of education taught us that if
you worked hard in school and earned a
degree you would get a job.
{ this is no longer a guarantee }

4. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
…impressed into the enlightenment
view of intelligence was an arbitrary
standard of what types of knowledge
were more or less valuable, which
distinguished the academic from the
non-academic…
The current system was designed
for and conceived in a different
age { Enlightenment / Industrial Revolution }

5. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
…people that are intelligent think that
they are not because they don’t match
the existing standards of
intelligence…
Robinson argues that this model of
education that implies division is heavily
flawed { and furthermore causes chaos }

6. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
The ‘wicked’ problem of standardization
and industrial design in the current
educational system that underestimates
and penalizes children’s intelligence and
creativity.
Changing the Education
Paradigm:{ inspired by the TED talk by Ken Robinson }

7. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
… our children are living in the most
intensely stimulated period in the
history of the earth, and we are
penalizing them for getting
distracted…
One consequence of this divided
model is a fictitious modern
epidemic { the over diagnosis of ADHD across the US }

8. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
… the arts especially address the idea of
aesthetic experience where your senses
are operating at their highest peak, but
anesthetics (like many drugs used to treat
ADHD) have the opposite effect and
deaden the mind to what is going on…
The diagnosis of ADHD has risen
with the growth of standardized
testing { we should look to the Arts for guidance }

9. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
… with ringing bells, specialized
building, designated areas, and the
bunching of children by age
regardless of individual skill or
needs…
Education is modeled on the
interests of industrialization and in
the image of it{ the school system itself operates like a factory }

10. { Tess Jay – Changing the Education Paradigm }
… going against conformity and
standardization by promoting
divergent thinking rather than
convergent or linear thought is the
way to change the paradigm…
If you want to change the model of
education, you can’t continue with
the production mentality
{ standardization is the wrong route to take }

11. Thank you, the end
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changi
ng_education_paradigms.
Changing the Education Paradigm
requires thinking differently about
human capacity
{ we need to get over the myth of valued
knowledge and revamp the system
accordingly }

12. Thank you, the end
…according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), 5.2 billion
children have been diagnosed with ADHD
from ages 4-17…
Extra Support for Robinson’s
Argument
{ http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html }