Dr. Petrosino's Education Project

Formally known as "The Hoboken Curriculum Project", this blog will provide a forum for those interested in Dr. Petrosino's perspective on education at the local, state and national levels. At all times, the basic premise is that the role of leadership is to create more leaders, not more followers.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

How Education Kills Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types.

This is a little long (almost 20 minutes) and takes a little bandwidth-- but it's both informative and entertaining 


Posted by Dr. Anthony Petrosino at Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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Dr. Anthony Petrosino
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Dr. Petrosino is a graduate of Columbia University's Teachers College (MA, 1990) and received his PhD from Vanderbilt University (1998). He completed a post-doc at the University of Wisconsin where he was a member of the National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA). In 1999 he accepted a Professorship at the University of Texas and received tenure in 2004. He holds the Elizabeth G. Gibb Endowed Fellowship in Mathematics Education. Dr. Petrosino has published over 20 peer reviewed journal articles, made over 100 national and international conference presentations and has supervised a dozen doctoral dissertations. He has received over 30 million dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education and the McDonnel Foundation for Cognitive Studies. He is a founding professor of the nationally recognized UTeach Natural Sciences preservice teacher education program. From July 2007 to August 2009 he served as the Assistant to the Superintendent in the Hoboken School District.
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Posts made on or before August 31, 2009 were uploaded when this site was known as "The Hoboken Curriculum Project." At that time, the site operated with the knowledge and awareness of the Hoboken School Board. However the content and opinions posted may or may not have represented their views personally or collectively, nor did it attempt to represent the official viewpoint of Hoboken School District administrators or employees.

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