Schools kill creativity

Schools may do too little for creativity, but they do not kill it. There is no evidence that students become more creative if you abolish school. The most viewed TED video is by Ken Robinson. This speech was later also animated by the RSA. Schools kill creativity. As evidence, Ken Robinson uses, among other things, a study by Guilford (1967). From this research, it appears that students are less brilliant because they learn to think less divergently, in other words, less creatively. Robinson first compares the terms 'brilliant' (IQ) and 'creative,' something he does based on a study by Guilford, who states that 'intelligence (measured IQ)' and 'creativity' are not parts of the same process. They seem to have little to do with each other (Batey & Furnham, 2006; Kim, 2005). Robinson also wrongly asserts that both brilliance and creativity are innate and that this is neglected by schools. There is also no research that shows students become more creative if you were to abolish school.  However, students would naturally become more creative if more consideration were given to it within education (as is the case for everything). So, you could argue that schools do too little to help students work on their creativity, but not that they 'kill' it. It remains true that Sir Ken Robinson is good at inspiring. The RSA video is definitely a viewing tip as far as we are concerned.