John Hunter on
the World Peace Game (339,955
Views)
John
Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011,
he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always
surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can. www.rosaliafilms.com/teacher.htm
Bunker Roy: Learning
from a barefoot movement (346,537 Views)
In Rajasthan, India,
an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists
and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.
www.barefootcollege.org
Geoff Mulgan:
A short intro to the Studio School (264,299
Views)
Some
kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind
of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real."
http://www.youngfoundation.org/our-ventures?current_venture=1934
Salman Khan: Let's use video
to reinvent education (865,020 Views)
Salman
Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos
offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for
teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do
"homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help. www.khanacademy.org
