AllAfrica – Alla Tkachuk
“All Schools Should Be Art Schools is the painting by a British artist and art educator, Patrick Brill (born 1963), who works under his pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith…A few years back Barack Obama said ‘innovation is the currency of the 21st century’. He emphasised that in this century success will depend on creativity — our ability to imagine new ways of doing things and bring change. As Brill points out, the current education system, based on knowledge retention, places a limit on the development of our creative intellect. Students are taught about innovators and innovations, but not how to innovate. Our schools must be more like art schools, says Brill…Where students are taught to be curious, experimental, self-reliant, resilient, resourceful and entrepreneurial.”(more)