I found the TED talk “Laws That Choke Creativity” really interesting. Particularly the speakers initial topic of a read-write vs. a read-only culture. For whatever reason it made me think of our education system. I have always felt that the way in which we learn is conducive to a culture similar to the read-only culture. I feel like the education system promotes information absorption and regurgitation more than critical thinking. It seems like students are encouraged to internalize the creativity and discoveries of the past rather than being encouraged to think for ourselves. This is just my personal opinion of course.
Hi,
I like your opinion for nowadays education system. You said that current education is more closed with RO culture and it is good for the discover of past but not focus on ourselves.
I only studied critical thinking in the course of Writing. Meanwhile, this AAD course also inspire me to thinking myself so much by know the past. However, I also thought most of courses and education not enough to teach the RW culture to us. The “professional” knowledge is heavy for us to remember and students lose chance to give response for what we read.
Thus, with the development of technology, RO as new culture is important in our life. People should pay attention to RW culture and keep them balance.
Hi there. I find your point correlating our read-only culture with the suppression or internalization of creativity to be really interesting and important. I agree that the education system requires the “absorption and regurgitation” of information from students without encouraging much critical thinking needed for creativity; I feel like the huge emphasis on testing is largely responsible for the lack of creativity in this country, as students are taught to think in only one particular way required for sufficient testing. Creativity is not needed to pass a test, but it is necessary in order to discuss and reflect on the material. I think that this method of critical thinking is more prevalent in higher education, but then again college is not available to everyone for various reasons. Also, it seems unrealistic for the majority of students to succeed in higher education when college requires more critical thinking, which is contrary to how students have been taught to learn their whole lives.
Hi Sam, the video “Laws That Choke Creativity” also impressed me. Thanks to the video, I had a better understanding about the Read-Only culture and Read-Write culture. From my point of view, maybe we cannot say that the way in which we learn is similar to the read-only culture because it is depends on different people. The learning methods of different people are distinct. Everyone has his/her own understanding about what he/she wants to learn. However, I think the Read-Only culture have a significant on people’s learning method. Because of the wide spread of the technology, people become a kind of “lazy” to think and doubt. Currently, people could get information quickly via internet but they would also forget the information quickly. People needs more deep thinking for sure so that they still have their own thoughts and still have the creativity.