Ken+Robinson



=Sir Ken Robinson =


 * Biography **

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 Ken Robinson was born 4 March 1950, 61 years old, in Liverpool, England. His father is James and mother is Ethel Robinson. His parents have 7 children and Ken is one of them. ======

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An industrial accident made his father a quadriplegic person and Ken was also affected by polio. He attended [|Liverp][|ool Collegiate School] (1961–1963), and after graduating from there he joint [|Wade Deacon Grammar School] (1963–1968). Between 1968 and 1972, he studied English and drama at [|University of Leeds]. After gaining bachelor degre at University of Leeds, at the [|University of][|London], 1981, he graduated from PhD program, researching drama and theatre in education. Right now, he is living in Los Angeles with his wife whose name is Marie-Therese and their children, James and Kate. ======

**Career**
He was the author in the area of "The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practice and Provision." He worked as a director of The Arts in Schools Project between 1985 and 1989. Mourant said that he was a “former chair of the National Commission on Creativity,” Cultural Education and Economy. He had worked as a Professor of Education at [|University of Warwick] in the U.K. up to 2001and during this time he served as Chair of the Department of Arts Education, but now he is emeritus. For many countries, such as Hong Kong, and institutions, for instance Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, he served as advisor. Due to his an inspirational business speaker, he was awarded “SfB European Business Speaker of the Year in 2000”. Furthermore, Azzam described (2009) Robinson as “an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation, and human resources.” Furthermore, Queen Elizabeth II, in June 2003, knighted him as “as a writer, speaker and leader in creativity, the arts and education” for his outstanding achievements.

**His Interesting Areas**
1- The issue of creativity in education is his focusing area. According to Robinson, creativity is "the process of having original ideas with value." He said (2009) that “creativity as the crucial 21st century skill we will need to solve today’s pressing problems” during the conversation with Azzam because we will stay face to face with many problem in future. People do not think about what will be going on? Times is unpredictable so having creative thinking ability is essential for us. Furthermore, he claimed that American education system has big problems. If high school dropout rate is very high, we cannot blame children for it.  2- Culture  3- Education 

**Interesting Facts**
1- 2003 Knighted for his achievements by Queen Elizabeth II 2- 2000 He was awarded SfB European Business Speaker of the Year in 2000  3- He also worked as a one of the international advisors for Singapore Government. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 4- He is serving for approximately 500 companies and some cultural organizations. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">5- Robinson’s book “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything” <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">is in the New York Times best seller list and the book also translated into twenty-one different languages.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sir Ken Robinson on the Web **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Book:[| //The Element: How Finding Your Passion...//] The book includes human creativity and education. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Book: [|//Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative//] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Website: [|Sir Ken Robinson's homepage] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Wikipedia: [|Sir Ken Robinson] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Twitter: [|**@SirKenRobinson**]

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference **

<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">**Awards** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Up to this time, he was awarded many times, most important ones written as follows; <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1- 2008, the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for outstanding contributions to cultural relati ons <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">between the United Kingdom and the United States <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 2- 2005, he was named as one of //Time/Fortune///CNN’s ‘Principal Voices’ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 3- 2003, knighted for his achievements by Queen Elizabeth II <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 4- 2000, he was awarded SfB European Business Speaker of the Year in 2000

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">//**Robinson's work**://

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He write many books and joint many project, but just some of them written below, as follows;

 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 1998 Facing the Future: The Arts and Education in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Development Council =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 1998 All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture, and Education (The Robinson Report) =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 2001 Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative. Capstone. =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 2009 The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> 2010 Unlocking Creativity. =====