Educational Expert Sir Ken Robinson in Linz!
By far the world’s most in-demand authority in matters of creativity, innovation and education will deliver a keynote address in Hafenhalle09 in conjunction with Linz09’s big school project I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT.
To put a bit of a twist into education—that’s the mission of I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT. All over Upper Austria at a wide array of educational institutions, Linz09’s big school project has been staging a series of workshops, dance productions and theatrical presentations in cooperation with professional artists. This intensive encounter with creativity now continues in the form of a very eagerly anticipated speech by Sir Ken Robinson. The internationally renowned expert and best-selling author calls for the educational system to place just as much emphasis on creativity as it does on reading and writing skills. A Briton currently living in Los Angeles, Robinson has been a frequent consultant on educational issues to the European Commission, UNESCO and the governments of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. He gained fame in 1998 with the release of the so-called Robinson Report—“All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education”—that had been commissioned by the British government.Out of Our Minds. Education & Creativity
May 25, 2009, 7:30 PM
Hafenhalle09, Industriezeile 41a
In English with simultaneous German translation
Don’t delay! Reserve your tickets now at www.linz09.at/schulprojekt
