RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

BritBoot Says:

May 26, 2012 - He doesn't understand that ADHD is a real affliction in most cases and that treatment (including medication) can be a positive life-changer. It should not make "zombies" out of people if prescribed correctly, quite the opposite. The media is keen to jump on cases where ADHD medication has been misused, either over-prescribed, or sold on the black market to college students to get better results on their papers or tests.

BritBoot Says:

May 26, 2012 - Of course that happens too, but this just damages the reputation of ADHD and its treatment for those who really do suffer from it (and really do benefit from medication). There are so many people out there who don't even believe ADHD is a real thing and Sir Ken perpetuates that myth. He has obviously never lived in close range to an ADHD sufferer or seen the benefits that treatment can bring.

soundsower1 Says:

May 27, 2012 - He didn't call ADHD a myth. He called ADHD being an epidemic a myth, which I agree on. I do believe in ADHD, and you make a valid point, but it's also important to accept the fact that ADHD has been used as an excuse. In fact, I was almost diagnosed with ADHD when I was a kid, when the real issue was that I wasn't being challenged enough at school because I was gifted, and that I was just getting bored (Not bragging). We both agree, we're just emphasizing on different parts of the argument. :P

BritBoot Says:

May 27, 2012 - True, there's misdiagnosis out there too (I meant to add that along with the over-prescribing and black market medication abuse points). However, my husband and brother would have benefited tremendously had they been diagnosed as children and not just as adults. And to make a blanket statement that ADHD meds turn people into zombies is just irresponsible and wrong. It tough enough choosing to take that road without being pressured with misinformation like this.

soundsower1 Says:

May 27, 2012 - I agree on that.

WrongParadox Says:

May 27, 2012 - collaboration doesn't necessarily lead to better results it can result is a mediocre mob mentality where people are 'brainstorming' but are merely giving responses that they think the other people on the committee want or expect. Or they are there purely to get political or social advantage over their peers and others, and have an interest in making their rivals look bad.

ailin1986 Says:

May 27, 2012 - On the ADHD discussion: I really agree on the problem resulting from the distance between stimulating non-schoolar activities (video games, internet, etc) and traditional lesson.BUT, even uploading class methods, there's an imperative that cannot be left away: learning things takes lots of work. Hard work. The advanced technologies develop advanced fun stuff that puts some brains to work but mostly, I think, they rest upon the sensitive stimulation and not intellectual effort. (lack of space)

ailin1986 Says:

May 27, 2012 - (continue from the previous) So, I think, school never has to adjust itself to that kind of mind work. How can we provide better, more stimulating classes without getting an uncritical but emotionally simulating result?(And forgive my bad english, I'm not originally anglophone, nor I live in an anglophone country. But I try my best to communicate my doubt)

darrylgm Says:

May 28, 2012 - Nor should we forget the dedicated teachers who freely give up their own time in an attempt to stimulate and motivate the students, who give up their weekends to take kids on excursions, who worry about students and who, god-forbid, CARE. 

SlothbearFan Says:

May 28, 2012 - I totally agree with the narrator; I have heard before that ADHD is a made up disease; I knew a little boy who was told he had it and took a drug for it like Ritalin. When I saw him many years later as a young man in his late teens, he seemed to have lost some of his intelligence. I was so sad for him that his mother allowed him to be drugged in this way to make him behave in elementary school.

fishmartijn Says:

May 28, 2012 - I sort of agree with you. ADHD is a real desease, it's a chemical problem in the brain which is visable with a brainscan. I do agree with you however that many many cases of people diagnosed with ADHD, don't have ADHD. It's handy if someone has ADHD, because parents and kids now have an excuse for not having good grades are good bahaviour. But don't mistake these cases with it not being a desease.

SlothbearFan Says:

May 28, 2012 - I don't think it is a real disorder as in the old days, boys were hyperactive, but noone drugged them, Thank God. If you read, The Minds of Boys by Michael Gurian, you may see the real motivations behind ADHD diagnosis. And, boys are more active and need to move around in the classroom. They are being penalized for being boys.

Ja14111948 Says:

May 28, 2012 - point taken, but not all parents are lazy either and tutor their children in their own time as well.

DarthPickley Says:

May 29, 2012 - These days, when I take ADHD medications, I don't feel like doing homework; I feel like making mathematical discoveries.

DarthPickley Says:

May 29, 2012 - also I don't like the age segregation in schools.

darrylgm Says:

May 29, 2012 - Yep I agree 100% - I guess if everyone was more tolerant, more understanding and more respectful - the world would be a better place - take care.

BuXnAMaN Says:

May 29, 2012 - better go snort some speed,its the same as those pills...:D

fiedkoko007 Says:

May 29, 2012 - Het is waar dat kinderen de kans moeten krijgen om te laten zien wat ze in zich hebben. Het is ook niet de bedoeling dat de leerlingen de inhoud van de les enkel gedoceerd krijgen. Zo onthouden ze minder van de les. De kinderen moet ook zichzelf kunnen ontplooien op gebied van eigen talenten. Bijvoorbeeld hun meestertalent voorstellen in de klas.

Beg0tt3n Says:

May 29, 2012 - it's more neurotoxic/damaging than the DEXTROamphetamines used in adhd medications

jomojo777 Says:

May 30, 2012 - I think you missed the part (at 7:20) where he talks about different learning styles, including "kids who work alone"

1OOOOpeople Says:

May 30, 2012 - at 5:29 the guy who has lost it completely looks strangely similar to george bush.... hahahahahahaha

fistman4 Says:

May 30, 2012 - I'm from Ms Goh's class!

Instucablanator Says:

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willierushrush Says:

May 30, 2012 - wish there were no exams