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Sanket Gupta
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How can a common man participate in "revolutionizing" education?

Having spoken in TED in 2006 about how schools kill creativity, Sir Ken Robinson returned in 2010 to urge everyone to revolutionize education. He said about how we take a "fast-food" approach to deliver educated products out of the system. However, in order to really use the enormous depths of human talent, we will need to take an "organic" approach to education. We need revolution and not evolution.

So, How do we actually achieve revolution? Are there any concrete examples of schools/ colleges which do not follow the "fast-food" approach? Are there ways in which a common man can participate in "revolutionizing" education?
I am sure this is a question which commonly haunts everyone among us. But, what we lack is a coordinated set of actions to make a change. How do we do it?

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Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

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Nov 29 2011: A revolution begins by identifying where we want to go. For education this means we must decide for ourselves and together what the purpose of education should be. This becomes the guiding star for the development of a new system. To this end please consider answering the question yourself and joining others in that discussion at http://www.ted.com/conversations/7491/in_your_opinion_what_should_t.html
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  Nov 30 2011: We want to go where every child can start thinking critically, and not just being a dummy of the entire system. Where every student enjoys the process of learning.
  Where every person is not the slave of money, materialism and status, but focussed instead on value creation in the society.
  It seems to be idealistic, but as Viktor Frankl says in the following video, its only if we put humans above what they actually are, can we, in the long run, bring out what they potentially can be.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/viktor_frankl_youth_in_search_of_meaning.html
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    Dec 1 2011: Take a look at reducing for answers.
    
    https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness.html
    
    I have thought about everything you have mentioned and I have reduced solution to my plan. Come see if anything makes sense to you.
    
    Faja Anser

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