The program looks not only at what’s going wrong in high schools, but how to put it right. Whichever it proves to be, you should never doubt that this is a quest worth taking. Great teachers are not just instructors and test administrators: they are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students. And every day, everywhere, our children spread their dreams beneath our … Sir Ken also discusses the power that social media had to spread his message and the lack of creativity in today's society. Pearl Arredondo is a powerful example of grit. It has sold over a million copies worldwide in over 23 languages. TED Series. Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization’s … Ken Robinson, author of the international bestseller The Element and the most viewed talk on TED.com, offers a practical guide to discovering your passions and natural aptitudes, and finding the point at which the two meet: Finding Your Element. People often ask me how they can find their Element, or help others to find theirs. Sir Ken, you mentioned back in your TED Talk that university educated students are going home to play video games; that this is what young people feel engaged with. In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. The Element is different for everyone. Sir Ken Robinson, co-author of "Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life" — read an excerpt. They treat education as an industrial process rather than as a human one. They’re more likely to engage positively in their communities and less likely to depend on social programs. Great teachers know they have to cultivate curiosity, passion and creativity in their students. Sir Ken Robinson, the man with the most-watched "Ted Talks", joins host Arthur Kade #InTheLab to talk about his book "Finding Your Element". The Element has inspired readers all over the world and has created for Robinson an intensely devoted following. Do you love your life or the work you do? This is one of the themes of my own new book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life. • What if I love something I’m not good at? Sir Ken Robinson‘s new book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is published today in the United States and on Feb. 12 everywhere. Psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth talks about the importance of encouraging students’ positive attitudes to life and learning – or ‘grit’, as she calls it. Her parents and grandparents were teachers too. He says this: "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." All students have their own stories, motivations and circumstances and teachers have to connect with them personally. • What if I’m good at something I don’t love? Education is always about relationships. © 2020 Sir Ken Robinson. In my view, we should then give them the creative freedom to innovate and do their jobs within a proper framework of public accountability. The Element is where your natural aptitudes meet your personal passions. Finding Your Element comes at a critical time as concerns about the economy, education and the environment continue to grow. In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish. After being ‘saved’ by inspirational teachers, she qualified as a teacher herself and returned to her old school to help transform the lives of others. My aim in Finding Your Element is to guide and support you along the way. In the thirty years since then, federal and state governments have launched hundreds of initiatives and spent billions of dollars trying to do just that. The program looks not only at what’s going wrong in high schools, but how to put it right.