Stop Stealing Dreams: Seth Godin on Education & School
October 28, 2012
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The importance of doing
Confucius said "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand." My favorite years in public school were spent in the elementary school years. Perhaps because there was a lot more doing throughout the day compared with the rather dull and passive experience of sitting and listening during the Jr. high and high school years. This short presentation below features Gever Tulley talking about the importance of tinkering.
Presentation Generation
Presentations and digital storytelling play a key role in 21st-century education. I share some of my thoughts about presentations today in this TEDxKyoto talk from earlier this Fall.
Seth Godin asks the question: What is school for? I think the more interesting question is: What does it mean to be an "educated person" in the 21st Century? We should talk about outcomes not process.
Posted by: Askthequestion | October 29, 2012 at 01:40 AM
Bullshit. The "problem" with education is too many parents who think it's a service they purchase, rather than a core duty of being a parent.
You want inspired, creative kids? Spend more time with them. Introduce them to cool things. Do cool things with them.
Stop blaming teachers for your own failings.
Posted by: Anonymous Bosch | October 29, 2012 at 10:37 AM
My dream was dead in my high school.LED Flood Lights
Posted by: Jason chan | October 29, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Mr. Seth Godin, very well asked about schooling that what is school about? I have seen that now schooling is for not education but it's becoming business & student just pass out for the degree. Can anyone see the future with great & obedient school for just education. In the past it supposed to student is being made for the fight with life with all the activities but now they are supposed to make a currier by their parent not for their choice, WhY?????
Can anyone change the system? Can I have school name which is totally pressed free where students can study with pure 100% interest not by force but presser free.
I really like your start & learn the great subject that is "OBEDIENT"
Really thankful to you Mr. Seth Godin,
Looking for great more topic soon.
Posted by: Web Design Company | October 29, 2012 at 06:47 PM
Yes, and: To #innovate, go out there and break the rules.
TEDxBerkeley - Carl Bass - The New Rules of Innovation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKV3rhzvaC8
Posted by: CoCreatr | October 29, 2012 at 11:27 PM
The thing with students is that they learn in different ways. While it's true that some kids learn faster through action, some do well with sitting down and listening to lectures. It's a matter of diversifying the way schools educate children.
Posted by: MicroSourcing | October 30, 2012 at 04:30 PM
As I say at PapayaWorks (http://www.papayaworks.com/video), if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a million.
Posted by: Jim Dickeson | October 31, 2012 at 04:34 AM
Recalling my school I can just say we need overhauling in our education system. Most of the schools that are in far furlong areas they only teach what a book has in it. While the question of child and the curiosity to know the world around him/her is rejected. And just asked to focus on the marks. This is why I opposed and left the school. But I am sure such schools are still persist to prevent child's growth.
Posted by: Language Translation | November 02, 2012 at 05:50 PM
You only have to look at a school lunch to see one of the real problems with education. How can kids be expected to pay attention to anything when they have huge amounts of sugar surging through their blood streams? All those sweets, can of fizzy coke, McDonalds, chips etc. Talk about an afternoon slump. Get them eating healthy food and they'll be able to concentrate more, then start to look at other areas of education.
Posted by: Alex Morris | November 03, 2012 at 12:36 AM
“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a million.” Maybe today, Jim, when we call pressing keys writing. If you get the word-shape correct, not only you form an image for language, but you give it appropriate expression as well. Here is a good article I recently read: “Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters” http://guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/07/missing-ink-handwriting-art-hensher-extract
Posted by: Alessandro Segalini | November 03, 2012 at 12:36 AM