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How is convergent thinking within education harmful to
students?
Fiona Chen
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-Separated by age
-Taught specific subjects
-Education is based on the principles of mass production
Since the Beginning…
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-“Turned into containers, into receptacles to be filled by the teachers”
-“Education becomes act of depositing”
Paulo Freire
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Within this system…-Equal treatment
-Perform better depending on the
environment
-Perform better depending on the time
of day
-Convergent Thinking
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Convergent Thinking
-Select single best answer
-No room for ambiguity.
-Right or wrong
-No gray areas.
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Negatives of Convergent Thinking
-Standardized tests
-People get judged
-Regurgitation is reinforced
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“Discourages independence of
actions, and encourages fear and feelings of powerlessness”-Stephen Carr and Kevin Lynch
Daedalus
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Lens and perspectives of society
Socially acceptable ways + knowing the “right” answer= Graduate high school
Controlled our mind + Limited Imagination
No “Real Freedom”
Ultimate Antagonistic Contradiction
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Written by Beth Jarman and George
Land
The Paperclip experiment
1600 5-year old kids
Creativity test usually given to incoming engineers and mathematicians.
Breakpoint and Beyond
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The Paper Clip Experiment
Age 5- 98% Age 10- 80% Age 15- 12% Adult- 2%
Creativity of the children should have increased, not decreased!
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What to do about the
flaw?
-Do not aim to IMPROVE
-Aim to TRANSFORM completely
-Find new way of thinking: Divergent Thinking
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Allows individuals to
arrive at one or more solutions
Explores all the possibilities
Draws original connections from what they have learned and experienced
Divergent Thinking
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Creativity exercises
and tests
Free writing
Art sessions
Interactions with music
How to reinforce it?(Indoors)
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Creativity exercises
and tests
Free writing
Art sessions
Interactions with music
How to reinforce it?(Outdoors)
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The End
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http://www.jstor.org/stable/20013424?seq=3
http://books.google.com/books?id=1EBT3Qj5L5EC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=creativity+of+people+who+are+homeschooled+versus+creativity+of+people+who+are+not&source=bl&ots=7JelDB2x-k&sig=QNQUIMa_h_oLBPXZiOA0k_xAXxo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PexzT9foL-Hi0QH9g7j_Ag&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=creativity%20of%20people%20who%20are%20homeschooled%20versus%20creativity%20of%20people%20who%20are%20not&f=false
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
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