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Translator: Morton Bast Reviewer: Krystian Aparta Let me tell you a story. It’s my first year as a new high school science teacher, and I’m so eager. I’m so excited, I’m pouring myself into my lesson plans. But I’m slowly coming to this horrifying realization that my students just might not be learning anything. This…
Translator: Camille Martínez Reviewer: Ivana Korom I’m thrilled to be here today. I’m actually going to share something with you I haven’t talked about probably in more than 10 years. So bear with me as I take you through this journey. When I was 22 years old, I came home from work, put a leash…
So this is a story of a place that I now call home. It’s a story of public education and of rural communities and of what design might do to improve both. So this is Bertie County, North Carolina, USA. To give you an idea of the “where:” So here’s North Carolina, and if we…
I grew up with two working parents, and their schedules didn’t often align– so my brother and I would spend afternoons and long summer days at my grandparents’ house. This was a place where you were sure to put things back where they belonged and didn’t leave objects out on the floor. It wasn’t because…
Translator: Ariana Bleau Lugo Reviewer: Maria Carolina Aguirre J. In school, the way of conveying ideas is through words. A teacher walks up to the board writes words, says words, students receive books with words, and are expected to respond to questions with words. The vast majority of teaching is done through words. But let’s…
Studies have shown that taking vitamins is good for your health and bad for your health. That newly discovered herb can improve your memory or destroy your liver. Headlines proclaim a promising new cancer treatment and never mention it again. On a daily basis, we are bombarded with attention-grabbing news, backed up by scientific studies,…
Translator: Morton Bast Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha Like many of you, I’m one of the lucky people. I was born to a family where education was pervasive. I’m a third-generation PhD, a daughter of two academics. In my childhood, I played around in my father’s university lab. So it was taken for granted that I attend…
I’m a teacher from right here in New York City and if there’s one secret that I have learned in my fifteen years in the classroom, it’s how to make kids really excited to be at school. It’s simple: video games! And I’m not alone. All over the world, teachers are using more and more…
Translator: Alina Siluyanova Reviewer: Denise RQ When was the last time you had no idea what you were doing? (Laughter) OK, I’ll go first. How does that sound? A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to learn Spanish in preparation for a trip I was taking to Mexico. I know French, I thought;…
What aápleasure. What an amazing TEDx! So imagine you had an opportunity in your life to consider the question of education without looking at all of the restrictions and the complexities that come with introducing education to a country like yours. Imagine you lived in a mythical places like California, where there were no laws…