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Subject: Innovation

Posted by Jay Forrester on 11/16/2010
In Reply To:Innovation Posted by Richard Turnock on 11/16/2010

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Many critics lament the lack of innovation in our society, and draw the conclusion that more emphasis on mathematics and science will lead to innovation. However, pressures in the present school systems suppress innovation. Innovation comes from repeated successes in innovating. Innovating means trying ideas outside of the accepted pattern. It means the opportunity to fail as a learning experience rather than as an embarrassment. It means living part of the time outside of the traditionally accepted track. An innovative spirit requires years for developing the courage to be different and calibrating oneself in identifying the effective region for innovation that lies between the mundane and the impossible. Almost none of the conditions for developing innovative attitudes are to be found in the usual K-12 education In fact, the traditional school powerfully suppresses any tendency toward being innovative. Both teachers and students are driven to conform.

Jay Forrester

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