Creative Schools by Ken Robinson

Author:Ken Robinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-03-23T23:00:00+00:00

COLLABORATION—THE ABILITY TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH OTHERS

We are social beings. We live and learn in the company of others. Outside schools, the ability to work with others is critical to the strength of communities and to meeting the challenges we collectively face. Yet, in many schools, young people largely work on their own; they learn in groups but not as groups.

Enabling young people to work together can enhance self-esteem, stimulate curiosity, heighten creativity, raise achievement, and foster positive social behavior.8 Through group work, students can learn to cooperate with others in solving problems and meeting common goals, to draw on each other’s strengths and mitigate weaknesses, and to share and develop ideas. They can learn to negotiate, to resolve conflicts, and to support agreed solutions.

Through working together in schools, young people can come to realize the fundamental truth of Helen Keller’s maxim that “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

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