Creativity and Mistakes

Another of the speakers, at the TedX UWA event, that Damien, was involved in, spoke about her journey from being correct to creative.

Correct to Creative  sadly this talk is no longer available here.

This is such an important part of education that I really wanted to share it here.  Some of the ideas that Anne-Marie shares were also part of Damien's talk, and I think as home educators we need to be conscious of the idea that learning is about exploring and that when exploring anything and everything is permissible.  I'm a big believer in the idea of failing faster, so that it's easier and faster to reach the point of success.  I think one of the many gifts that a home education can offer, is the ability to try all sort of things;activities, ideas, etc and not be judged. 

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2025

This is one of the major differences that I see between home education and home schooling.  Particularly when attending classes that still have assessments.  For me, it is super important to have kids that are intrinsically motivated and self- driven.  If the balance of the education is in the direction of having kids do too many things that are to satisfy others' needs and if external assessment is valued over self- assessment then a loss of motivation is something that occurs quite naturally IMO.