How to Educate Yourself for the Future with Sir Ken Robinson

Transcendence Extended Interviews with James Colquhoun

Sir Ken Robinson passed away in August 2020 after a long career as an influential thinker and writer.

How has your education shaped who you are? Was the system attentive to your needs, or was your individuality cast to the side and ignored? In this exclusive extended interview from Transcendence Season 2, the ever-insightful Sir Ken Robinson shares his thought-provoking tales and theories on the state of our global education system. The current systems of mass public education, initiated by governments and carrying the interests of the industrial revolution, are just one way that we standardize and encourage conformity from a young age.

Through a heartwarming story about one of the world’s greatest dancers who was almost diagnosed with a learning difficulty, you’ll understand the importance of cultivating creativity and acknowledging multiple types of intelligence.