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Education reform is the process of improving public education . Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed. A continuing motivation has been to reduce cost to students and society.
Education reform
The Future of Education podcasts
"The depth of your observations from last night is still resonating with me. I'm trying to think of another interview I've given where the questioner understood the material so well that he/she so regularly (and fluidly) went into new intellectual territory. I can't think of any. Pretty amazing.
This world of learning will make it possible for all learners to develop deep knowledge and abilities in order to thrive throughout their lifetimes. To make this vision a reality, new ways of thinking and acting will be required. We hope you will join us in shaping the World of Learning.
2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning
In the United States, many people express their political or philosophical opinions by attaching small signs on the back end of their cars, for other drivers to read while stuck in traffic. These “bumper stickers,” as we call them, often attempt to compress an entire worldview into a very brief slogan, so they are usually [...]
Alternative Education Resource Organization | AERO | Learner-Centered Education
I spent almost half a century teaching students as young as 5 years old to middle-age adults. One thing they held in common with me was how hard it was for any of us to acknowledge our ignorance! Yet the whole point of school is to help students to acknowledge their ignorance. Otherwise it would be like taking driving lessons and pretending you already knew how to drive.
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Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.
the element « Sir Ken Robinson
From one of the world's leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and innovation, a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement. The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons; from Meg Ryan to Gillian Lynne, who choreographed the Broadway productions of Cats and The Phantom of the Opera; and from writer Arianna Huffington to renowned physicist Richard Feynman and others, including business leaders and athletes. It explores the components of this new paradigm: The diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities.John Taylor Gatto, film director Roland Legiardi-Laura, and The Odysseus Group welcome you to our Web site, which will offer you a new way to look at institutional schooling. Perhaps the greatest of school's illusions is that the institution was launched by a group of kindly men and women who wanted to help the children of ordinary families—to level the playing field, so to speak.
John Taylor Gatto - Challenging the Myths of Modern Schooling
New Society Publishers - Weapons of Mass Instruction
John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of familiar schooling which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a by-product of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , put the now-famous expression of the title in common use worldwide. Weapons of Mass Instruction promises to add another chilling metaphor to the brief against schooling. Here is a demonstration that the harm school inflicts is quite rational and deliberate, following high level political theories constructed by Plato, Calvin, Spinoza, Fichte, Darwin, Wundt, and others, which contend the term "education" is meaningless because humanity is strictly limited by necessities of biology, psychology, and theology. The real function of pedagogy is to render the common population manageable.
Gary Stager
Please consider having me address your conference audience or work with your educational institution. I have twenty-one years of global experience spanning a variety of educational disciplines from preschool through the doctoral level of schooling. I even work with homeschooling communities and incarcerated teens.