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RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms

Royal Society of Arts · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Education & learning

What it is

An RSA Animate drawn from a Sir Ken Robinson talk arguing that current education systems are modeled on the industrial age. It discusses divergent thinking, standardization, and how schools disengage kids.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an accessible, widely shared critique of schooling, and cites it in threads on ADHD, creativity and education reform.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 9 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of my favorite videos on reforming education”

    Animated Ken Robinson talk on reforming education.

    manglav, 2013-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The Case for a Teacher Bar Exam”

  2. “Some of these talks (not just TED) are incredibly inspiring.”

    Inspiring talk turned into an RSA Animate.

    pcurve, 2015-05 · Strong recommendation · in “The Sound of TED: A Case for Distaste”

  3. “I strongly recommend this eye-opening video for those of you who haven't already seen it”

    Eye-opening case for rethinking education.

    crack-the-code, 2016-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Overselling A.D.H.D.”

  4. “This RSA video shows some reasons why the current education systems (not only US') has the problems it has”

    Why current education systems have the problems they do.

    DanielRibeiro, 2011-04 · Recommendation · in “MIT Creates The One Video Game You'll Be Thrilled To See Your Kid Get Hooked On”

  5. “you should just watch this video”

    Critique of the education system.

    nadams, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School”

  6. “If you want to help children then you're better off starting here”

    Starting point for helping children learn.

    progressive_dad, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “The concept of “learning styles” is one of the greatest neuroscience myths”

  7. “Try this for another explanation/point of view (it's kept short and to the point)”

    Short, to-the-point alternative viewpoint.

    LionessLover, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “On the Wildness of Children”

  8. “It diagnose this problem very well.”

    Diagnoses how rigid school systems disengage kids.

    bsldld, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “A non-moral dilemma about cheating, but it brings up some points (2019)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ken robinson, education, creativity, divergent thinking, rsa animate

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