Creative education--how to keep the spark alive in children and adults | Orson Scott Card | TEDxUSU
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Orson Scott Card discusses the importance of creativity and how it can be fostered.
Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series (Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors) and the fantasy Mithermages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), are taking readers in new directions. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Orson writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts, including his “freshened” Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice. Orson was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University. Orson currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, where his primary activities are writing a review column for the local Rhino Times and feeding birds, squirrels, chipmunks, possums and raccoons on the patio.
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Being gay there is no escaping but to disagree with Mr Card's view on homosexuality, but I agree with him in this performance. I am not religious at all, but my favorite book of Mr Card is the Worthing Saga, in which he answers to all people who after a terrible event may demand where God was to prevent it. He is right and it is in line with the psychology of Mr Jung, who states that there is no possibility of growing and maturing the human consciousness without pain. I do not say grace before digging in for supper, but no meal goes by without my being thankfull for it. So Mr Card, thanks for all your books, live to your opinion and so will I.
As a homeschool mom, all I can say is, Amen!
Hits hard and truthful for this depressed high-school student. Oddly specific on the debilitating arrogance of too many teachers when they try to manage everything you do to be their way. Have you ever tried write a computer program.. there are many more than just one solution. Anyway, he's right about creativity. And it's repression by schools.
This man made my whole childhood. I read everything ender and bean I could find. It shaped my view on the weird kids, especially being a weird kid. Made me love the weird pieces of me. This was truly a treat to watch.
"...And in those 6 hours, I think you have plenty of time to cover the curriculum that homeschoolers routinely cover in 2." Amen!
I'm very impressed by this ted talk. As a teacher, it's super helpful to hear from a creative parent (and successful author) what worked for their children and what didn't. Love the passion for learning Card expresses here!
I will consider living by that motto, of never give a kid criticism the day of the performance. (If it's important enough to mention the next day, then you know it was important enough to mention!)
Steve Wozniak did his best work too when he had to be inventive: "All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever. Every single thing that we came out with that was really great, I'd never once done that thing in my life."
Orson, you are my favorite author but Bob Dylan is my favorite singer. And as he says in The Times they are-a Changin' - "Don't criticize what you don't understand"
Well done, Uncle Orson! This so needs to be spread broadband! Thank you!
@harriereducation
7 жыл бұрын
Important talk.
I love his books.
@bikebros1189
6 жыл бұрын
ulaghchi 😀
Well said Orson. I am going to try to safeguard family time and creativity. It is such a precious, beautiful and preciously beautiful thing that we would never want to trifle with or squelch it. Thank you.
I heard a few a few soon-to-be-incorprated quotes in there. Excellent points and food for thought. Thanks TedX and Orson S. Card for yet another great lecture.
man this is the one of the best authors i know and what he has to say bout hw is just brilliant, gon be sayin same thing he said bout hw in school, wish someone would help to start a revolution against hw.
@lorrainesatko698
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniil Petrov there is a place starting this such thing !!! I am happy to find this video through Tjed.org. Lets get the learning back into the parent's hands through Lifeleadership. email if you want more information of the whole totality and I will let my husband know and you both can connect and lock arms. Jolomejd@aol.com (subject: John, want information about Launching a Leadership Revalution LLR)
@eldromedario3315
8 жыл бұрын
+lorraine satko good to know someone is actually doing something about our awful education system & I'm talking about the entire world, haven't seen anything more appropriate than we have.
@helendeandrade3461
5 жыл бұрын
My parents allowed me not to do homework, so I had free time to do what I wanted - read, draw, paint, watch TV, play and, especially, think. As a result, I didn’t develop the disgust for studying that I saw in my colleagues, and I have a PhD. To get my PhD I had to do a lot of work at home, but it can’t be considered “homework “ in its common meaning. I suppose I’m proof that homework is generally not necessary.
I am really disappointed that this video has not been tearing across the Internet as a viral sensation in the few days since it was posted. A question occurs to me: if Orson Scott Card put in some gratuitous out-of-context anti-gay reference in his talk somewhere then would the video get more attention?
Homework. Homework.. let's give them time to live and think differently.
Some great point from my favorite writer.
Great Video, Very relevant in every school in every country including Mine (India)
Exceptionally illuminating and witty speech! Thank you so much!
His 7th Grade poem destroys anything I could create in my entire life.
@abrahemsamander3967
2 жыл бұрын
Dude I know right? People just have an ear for meter.
This is great.
Both basic and brilliant!
I watching this for homework
Ah, local TEDx. Because TED is too politically driven to invite such a great author.
great (Y)
That poem though.... LOLOL
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