Pete recently shared this video (also watch it below) with our class -- it raises interesting, open ended questions... Sir Ken Robinson argues that we need more opportunities to practice and share divergent thinking -- coming up with many answers to a question or problem, rather than fixating on a single one. This seems in line with my understanding of Quaker process --- create space for many ideas or truths to emerge and be shared and then move toward discerning a truth or set of truths that the community can work with/toward. Robinson argues that kids begin with high levels of creativity and that it is largely beaten out of them through formal education and the pressures for conformity and convergent thinking in modern childhood. He offers less around how we build skills for quality discernment - what, besides wisdom, helps us choose from the thousands of good ideas we can produce? What skills do we need to be able to share our ideas and work with other people's ideas?
This would be a great parent & kid conversation!
