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"It's rare that you get the chance to meet one of your heroes, and even rarer when that hero is an intellectual, a campaigner and a communicator - rather than an actor or a footballer."

 

Marc Jaffrey introduced Sir Ken Robinson at State of Play with these words, explaining how he had been inspired by reading Sir Ken's book, Out Of Our Minds: Learning To Be Creative.

The Music Manifesto Champion told the conference at London's Roundhouse  how he felt the book was an "impassioned analysis of why creativity is the supercharger to society".  

 

He then welcomed Sir Ken to the stage, to relate his insights on the importance of creativity in education and the economy, and the role of music and education to deliver the kind of life skills that will prepare young people for a challenging but rewarding life ahead of them.

 

We've uploaded a multimedia extravaganza so that you can re-live Sir Ken's highly popular rallying call to the delegates - there's a report with the highlights of his speech and full transcript, the audio footage , and below we've chopped our video footage into 7 easy-to-digest pieces...


 

See part 1 - Introduction -  here

See part 2 - Bankrupt Ideology - here

See part 3 - How Technology and Demography are Changing Everything -   here

See part 4 - 19th Century Views on Education -  here

See part 5 - A Call to Resurrect Education -  here

See part 6 - Personalised Learning and Education are Priorities - here

See part 7 - Setting the Agenda - here



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