Sentences with phrase «sir ken»

But Sir Ken Robinson's point about our reverence for the brain over the physical body got me thinking.

Sir Ken is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education, and in business.

Sir Ken works with governments and educations systems in Europe, Asia and the USA, in Los Angeles, and was the central figure in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.

If, like Sir Ken Robinson, you are passionate about enabling people to be the best that they can be, the main message of this book is that it doesn't work to focus only on understanding the mental or cognitive aspects of psychological well - being.

Sir Ken received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.

Sir Ken was awarded the Athena Award for services to the arts and education; Peabody Medal for contributions to the arts and culture in the United States; the Arthur C. Clarke Imagination Award, Gordon Parks Award for achievements in education; and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Royal Society of Arts.

Our shows attract the world's leading visionaries, entrepreneurs, disrupters and doers including Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Sir Ken Robinson, Rachel Botsman, Gary Vaynerchuk and more.

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!»

I had the opportunity to hear Sir Ken Robinson speak at the NACE (National Association of Colleges & Employers) Annual Conference this year.

-- Sir Ken Robinson I had the opportunity to hear Sir Ken Robinson speak at the NACE (National Association of Colleges...... Read more «Passion, Life & Your Career»

When asked about his background and accomplishments, Sir Ken Robinson said he never planned to do any of it.

Our shows attract the world's leading visionaries, entrepreneurs, disrupters and doers including Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Sir Ken Robinson, Rachel Botsman, Gary Vaynerchuk and more.

What about the two Government appointed experts, Sir Ken Knight and Dr Peter Bonfield?

Included in the panel of four experts are Sir Ken Wright (Chairman) and Dr Peter Bonfield both of whom are associated with the BRE (Building Research Establishment) Group.

An accompanying article dealt with the «justice gap» between reported rapes and convictions and there followed the next day in the same newspaper a further account of the reasons for the very low prosecution rate, featuring comments by the director of public prosecutions (DPP), Sir Ken Macdonald, and the solicitor general, Vera Baird, among others, in which they attributed it in part to police and prosecutorial under - performance.

Sir Ken Macdonald maintains there is no set policy for assisted suicide, and he can not grant immunity from prosecution.

Sir Ken Robinson discusses the need to reexamine the anachronistic norms for education aimed at innovation, the destructive lines between arts and sciences, and new models for teaching that can advance human progress.

He referred to the TED talk of Sir Ken Robinson on the 19th - century roots of our early - 21st - century schools.

All that good stuff Sir Ken talks about.

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TED Talk / Sir Ken Robinson: A case for how our current education system stifles creativity, rather than encourages it.

So how might your local school district take advantage of that flexibility to embody the principles of creativity and adaptability brilliantly articulated by renowned education and creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson?

Imagine you are writing for a superintendent or other education leader who is interested in Sir Ken's ideas but is unsure how to implement them.

In The Global Search for Education, join me and globally renowned thought leaders including Sir Michael Barber (UK), Dr. Michael Block (US), Dr. Leon Botstein (US), Professor Clay Christensen (US), Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond (US), Dr. Madhav Chavan (India), Professor Michael Fullan (Canada), Professor Howard Gardner (US), Professor Yvonne Hellman (The Netherlands), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norway), Jean Hendrickson (US), Professor Rose Hipkins (New Zealand), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canada), Mme. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgium), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finland), State Secretary Tapio Kosunen (Finland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgium), Professor Hugh Lauder (UK), Professor Ben Levin (Canada), Professor Barry McGaw (Australia), Shiv Nadar (India), Professor R. Natarajan (India), Dr. Pak Tee Ng (Singapore), Dr. Denise Pope (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (India), Dr. Diane Ravitch (US), Sir Ken Robinson (UK), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finland), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), Dr. Anthony Seldon (UK), Dr. David Shaffer (US), Dr. Kirsten Sivesind (Norway), Chancellor Stephen Spahn (US), Yves Theze (Lycee Francais US), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canada), Professor Tony Wagner (US), Sir David Watson (UK), Professor Dylan Wiliam (UK), Dr. Mark Wormald (UK), Professor Theo Wubbels (The Netherlands), Professor Michael Young (UK), and Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) as they explore the big picture education questions that all nations face today.

In The Global Search for Education, join me and globally renowned thought leaders including Sir Michael Barber (UK), Dr. Michael Block (US), Dr. Leon Botstein (US), Professor Clay Christensen (US), Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond (US), Dr. Madhav Chavan (India), Professor Michael Fullan (Canada), Professor Howard Gardner (US), Professor Andy Hargreaves (UK), Professor Yvonne Hellman (The Netherlands), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norway), Jean Hendrickson (US), Professor Rose Hipkins (New Zealand), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canada), Mme. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgium), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finland), State Secretary Tapio Kosunen (Finland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgium), Professor Hugh Lauder (UK), Professor Ben Levin (Canada), Professor Barry McGaw (Australia), Shiv Nadar (India), Professor R. Natarajan (India), Dr. Pak Tee Ng (Singapore), Dr. Denise Pope (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (India), Dr. Diane Ravitch (US), Sir Ken Robinson (UK), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finland), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), Dr. Anthony Seldon (UK), Dr. David Shaffer (US), Dr. Kirsten Sivesind (Norway), Chancellor Stephen Spahn (US), Yves Theze (Lycee Francais US), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canada), Professor Tony Wagner (US), Sir David Watson (UK), Professor Dylan Wiliam (UK), Dr. Mark Wormald (UK), Professor Theo Wubbels (The Netherlands), Professor Michael Young (UK), and Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) as they explore the big picture education questions that all nations face today.

As Sir Ken Robinson says, «Collaboration is the stuff of growth.»

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In The Global Search for Education, join me and globally renowned thought leaders including Sir Michael Barber (UK), Dr. Michael Block (U.S.), Dr. Leon Botstein (U.S.), Professor Clay Christensen (U.S.), Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond (U.S.), Dr. Madhav Chavan (India), Professor Michael Fullan (Canada), Professor Howard Gardner (U.S.), Professor Andy Hargreaves (U.S.), Professor Yvonne Hellman (The Netherlands), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norway), Jean Hendrickson (U.S.), Professor Rose Hipkins (New Zealand), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canada), Honourable Jeff Johnson (Canada), Mme. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgium), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finland), State Secretary Tapio Kosunen (Finland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgium), Professor Hugh Lauder (UK), Professor Ben Levin (Canada), Lord Ken Macdonald (UK), Professor Barry McGaw (Australia), Shiv Nadar (India), Professor R. Natarajan (India), Dr. Pak Tee Ng (Singapore), Dr. Denise Pope (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (India), Dr. Diane Ravitch (U.S.), Richard Wilson Riley (U.S.), Sir Ken Robinson (UK), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finland), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), Dr. Anthony Seldon (UK), Dr. David Shaffer (U.S.), Dr. Kirsten Sivesind (Norway), Chancellor Stephen Spahn (U.S.), Yves Theze (Lycee Francais U.S.), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canada), Professor Tony Wagner (U.S.), Sir David Watson (UK), Professor Dylan Wiliam (UK), Dr. Mark Wormald (UK), Professor Theo Wubbels (The Netherlands), Professor Michael Young (UK), and Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) as they explore the big picture education questions that all nations face today.

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-- Sir Ken Robinson, The Element (2009).

Sir Ken Robinson makes some cutting comments about education today.

In The Global Search for Education, join me and globally renowned thought leaders including Sir Michael Barber (UK), Dr. Michael Block (U.S.), Dr. Leon Botstein (U.S.), Professor Clay Christensen (U.S.), Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond (U.S.), Dr. Madhav Chavan (India), Professor Michael Fullan (Canada), Professor Howard Gardner (U.S.), Professor Andy Hargreaves (U.S.), Professor Yvonne Hellman (The Netherlands), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norway), Jean Hendrickson (U.S.), Professor Rose Hipkins (New Zealand), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canada), Honourable Jeff Johnson (Canada), Mme. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgium), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finland), State Secretary Tapio Kosunen (Finland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgium), Professor Hugh Lauder (UK), Professor Ben Levin (Canada), Lord Ken Macdonald (UK), Professor Barry McGaw (Australia), Shiv Nadar (India), Professor R. Natarajan (India), Dr. Pak Tee Ng (Singapore), Dr. Denise Pope (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (India), Dr. Diane Ravitch (U.S.), Richard Wilson Riley (U.S.), Sir Ken Robinson (UK), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finland), Professor Manabu Sato (Japan), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), Dr. Anthony Seldon (UK), Dr. David Shaffer (U.S.), Dr. Kirsten Sivesind (Norway), Chancellor Stephen Spahn (U.S.), Yves Theze (Lycee Francais U.S.), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canada), Professor Tony Wagner (U.S.), Sir David Watson (UK), Professor Dylan Wiliam (UK), Dr. Mark Wormald (UK), Professor Theo Wubbels (The Netherlands), Professor Michael Young (UK), and Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) as they explore the big picture education questions that all nations face today.

Sir Ken Robinson calls it «an impressive and practical resource to help teachers and students alike transform their approach to learning and achievement.

Like Sir Ken Robinson has said, «schools kill creativity» and I would add they can also kill the love of learning in a child who should not be held back from learning at his accelerated pace.

He notes, for example, that one of the critical uncertainties identified in the book — whether the outcomes of education will be standardized or differentiated — is currently playing out in the «movement to national common core standards» being countered by critiques from «Sir Ken Robinson and Daniel Pink who argue that standardization is exactly the wrong direction to go.»

You had an amazing conversation with Sir Ken Robinson, in which he describes the arts as a discipline in the same way that math, science and English are disciplines.

11/06/13 Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Sir Ken Robinson, Jon Bergmann, Aaron Sams, Rafe Esquith to Be Honored at the 2014 Bammy Awards Read Details

Sir Ken also emphasizes the value of approaching art and other subjects in an interdisciplinary fashion.

• Bill Gates, Technologist and philanthropist • Malcolm London, Poet, teacher and advocate • Ramsey Musallam, Educator and advocate • Rita F. Pierson, Ed.D, Education and anti-poverty advocate • Sir Ken Robinson, Social activist, educator and most - watched TED Talk speaker on TED.com

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In 2015 speakers included: Sir Ken Robinson Carole Dweck Angela Lee Duckworth Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP Michael Wilshaw Piers Morgan Tinie Tempah and over 300 others.

This article talks about Sir Ken Robinson's new Book entitled Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforimg Education.

In an effort to start a new school that provides the type of education being advocated by education reformers like Tony Wagner, Sir Ken Robinson, and Daniel Pink, I am preparing a charter application for Da Vinci High School which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursue them.

Thanks to the work of Sir Ken Robinson, Tony Wagner, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Hewlett Foundation, and others, there is a rising tide of consensus regarding the skills, knowledge and habits of mind that will help students thrive in our volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous («VUCA») world.

Check out this visual rendering of Sir Ken Robinson's views on the potential for school transformation.

Summing up, Sir Ken explained the importance the whole learning environment plays in establishing a learning space where all individuals feel engaged and inspired to investigate and discover, embracing a rich learning experience, and becoming life - long learners.

Prepare to be inspired by their extensive research and their conclusions, which are the subject of Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams and Communities Raise Performance, a new book that Sir Ken Robinson predicts will «overturn many conventional assumptions about leadership.»

What does Sir Ken Robinson say is required for a change in education?

Thanks to the work of Sir Ken Robinson, Tony Wagner, the

In The Global Search for Education, join me and globally renowned thought leaders including Sir Michael Barber (UK), Dr. Michael Block (US), Dr. Leon Botstein (US), Professor Clay Christensen (US), Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond (US), Dr. Madhav Chavan (India), Professor Michael Fullan (Canada), Professor Howard Gardner (US), Professor Andy Hargreaves (US), Professor Yvonne Hellman (The Netherlands), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norway), Jean Hendrickson (US), Professor Rose Hipkins (New Zealand), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canada), Mme. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgium), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finland), State Secretary Tapio Kosunen (Finland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgium), Professor Hugh Lauder (UK), Professor Ben Levin (Canada), Lord Ken Macdonald (UK), Professor Barry McGaw (Australia), Shiv Nadar (India), Professor R. Natarajan (India), Dr. Pak Tee Ng (Singapore), Dr. Denise Pope (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (India), Dr. Diane Ravitch (US), Sir Ken Robinson (UK), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finland), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), Dr. Anthony Seldon (UK), Dr. David Shaffer (US), Dr. Kirsten Sivesind (Norway), Chancellor Stephen Spahn (US), Yves Theze (Lycee Francais US), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canada), Professor Tony Wagner (US), Sir David Watson (UK), Professor Dylan Wiliam (UK), Dr. Mark Wormald (UK), Professor Theo Wubbels (The Netherlands), Professor Michael Young (UK), and Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) as they explore the big picture education questions that all nations face today.