<h3>By Ken Robinson</h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">So as you probably already know I am a massive fan of the audio book as great way to take advantage of long car journeys by immersing yourself into a mobile academy.</span>

You may, or may not, also be aware that Ken Robinson is my all time hero and the person I would most like to have dinner with. If you don't know of him please do go and check out his TED talk which is ranked as the most watched of all of them. He is a charismatic and funny presenter yet articulates extremely well his points of view.

<span style="font-size: large;">ANYWAY I have just finished his book 'Out Of Our Minds', which is the 3rd of his books I have read now after 'The Element' &amp; 'Finding Your Element' and I wanted to share a portion of it with you. </span>

<span style="font-size: large;">Robinson is on a mission to improve the education experience since he believes the present one, that most of us experience, leaves many of us feeling less intelligent than we actually are. </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Here he states some of his ideas on how 'teaching' SHOULD be done:</span>

<span style="font-size: large;">Robinson states teachers should be able to "<em>TEACH 'FOR' CREATIVITY</em>".
<em>"Facilitating creative work, encouraging independence of judgement, willingness to take risks, be enterprising, persistent and resilient in the face of false starts, wrong turns or dead ends."</em></span>

Also be able to "<em><span style="font-size: large;">Promote experiments of inquiry and willingness to make mistakes. Encourage generative thought, free from immediate criticism. Encourage expression of personal ideas and feelings."</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: large;">"Convey an understanding of phases in creative work and the need for time. Develop roles of intuition and aesthetic processes. Encourage learners to 'play' with ideas, possibilities and facilitate evaluation of ideas."</span></em>

"Enabling learners to be more effective at handling future problems and objectives. Also to deepen and broaden awareness of the self as well as the world and to encourage openness to new ideas."

<span style="font-size: large;">Robinson says we should be "<em>...developing independent creative work, self confidence/independence of mind and capacity to think for self. Helping individuals to identify/discover our creative strengths and capacities."</em>  </span>

<span style="font-size: large;">ALL of this resonates profoundly with me growing up being told I was a non academic. Since being open about my own insecurities, how I have dealt with them and then gone on to become Managing Director of an international education company in biomechanics, many of you have confessed to having similar feelings about your own abilities or self belief systems.</span>

So this Juicemail is for all of YOU, to say I am with you, I am like you and as an education company 'we get it'! This is why all of our academy learners express their joy at the  inclusive learning experience/environment we provide.

Have an awesome weekend!