Kris from Wandering Ink has wrote an interesting post about how our current school model will prevent another Leonardo da Vinci. This is a very interesting article that focuses on 10 skills which are being underdeveloped and discouraged in schools:
- Curiosita-Curiosity and a thirst for knowledge
- Dimostrazione-Demonstration and active understanding of knowledge
- Sensazione-Observation through all senses of everything around us
- Sfumato-Acceptance of the grey in life, the paradox, the ambiguity
- Arte/Scienza-Realization that the arts and sciences are not independent
- Corporalita-The importance of a healthy body for a healthy mind
- Connessione-The interconnectedness of everything in life
- Focus-Intense focus is not rewarded, and is often discouraged, in schools.
- Confidence-Students are taught that even the smallest of failures will have a domino effect stretching all the way into college and the work life.
- Independence-Schools create a paradox by forbidding social communication while condemning isolation and independence of society.
How can we ensure that schools develop, instead of kill, student’s creative potential?
Fantastic little roundup Arthus. It’s quite inspiring.
Glad you liked the summary of it. Most of these skills I believe many of us already have, but feel them slipping away as we go through more and more schoolwork. My thanks goes to Kris for the original list.