One of the themes of the conference is “the extraordinary evidence of human creativity” (0:51)
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Another theme of the conference is that we know what is going to happen in the future. (1:00)
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One reason why Robinson thinks we are all interested in education is that it takes us to a future we cannot grasp. (2:09)
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A third theme of the conference is the great power showed by children in creating new things. (2:30)
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Robinson believes that creativity is only secondary to literacy as a goal in education. (3:15)
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According to Robinson, it is not common to find that all education systems of the world share a similar hierarchy of subjects. (8:58)
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Robinson believes that the present educational system is geared towards training the academic ability of students. (8:30)
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It is common to find in the education systems of all countries across the world that Mathematics and Languages are regarded the most important subjects. (8:40)
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It is common to find throughout the world that the main purpose of primary and secondary school education is to enable students to go to universities. (9:26)
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Robinson openly criticized the present education system as killing the creativity of students.
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Robinson believed that the purpose of education is to train professors like him. (10:00)
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People could have thought that Gillian Lynne, the choreographer, had a flu and wanted to give her medication. (17:26)