Education Perspectives
Education Perspectives podcast explores the challenges and opportunities in education from birth through productive work. Everyone seems to agree in principle that education is important. So, why is it so hard for us to get to a system that works for our society as it exists today?
Taking the 30,000-foot view to look at the entirety of our multiple systems so that we might begin to plot a course toward transformational change is worthwhile. This type of change cannot happen until people are “rowing the boat” in the same direction.
Education Perspectives includes interviews with people engaged in the work at every level. Looking at challenges and opportunities and what they would like for decision-makers to know. This type of communication changes the dialog. Understanding where the other people in the room are coming from breaks down barriers and opens the conversation on a broader level.
Framed by the host through the lens of having worked in a consulting role with each level, Education Perspectives can give policymakers, administrators, education advocates and the community a unique view into this education journey. Considering these various perspectives to make for better communication can reframe discussions and move policymakers' understanding forward to make policy that will better meet the needs of our information economy.
Education Perspectives
The Imagination Project: Investing in Human Connections in Modern Education
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Bradley Scheel
Imagination Project
Quotes of the Podcast:
All failures of the future will be failures of the imagination.
Introduction of Guest BIO –
Wylde Scott is a Sultan, Matador, and Knight through and through, who has lived in Shanghai, Bangkok, and Timbuktu and still keeps a house on the bright side of the moon… When not living in his imagination, Wylde is an award-winning children’s author and founder of The Imagination Project and Wylde Scott Entertainment. In addition to dreaming up fantastic tales for young readers, Wylde spends his time in elementary schools, bookstores, and libraries creating fun-filled events for children, parents, and teachers alike. His mission is to ignite imaginations worldwide and empower children with the mindset that anything is possible. On his YouTube channel for kids, Wylde is committed to creating safe, educational, and exciting content for young children based on imagination and play. His many years spent studying storytelling, the imagination, and creativity, combined with his extensive experience applying those lessons in live environments, are the foundations of this book.
Interview
Agents of Change: Leaders/Innovators.
- 30,000 Ft. View – Why so we, as a society invest in education?
- What drew you to education?
- Why is Imagination the most important skill for the age of Artificial Intelligence.
- Imagination is not a mystery. It is a very buildable skill set everyone can utilize. - we just need time and attention. Our current scaffolding for education will not work in the 21st Century. We must adjust to meet the circumstance. Those who don't will be left behind.
- We can reframe and rework education so that both Children AND teachers come to school excited, energized and ready to learn and build.
- Should we have AI in Education?
- Why are the years of 5-10 so important to develop these skills?
- What should a typical day look like for a developing child?
- What are the biggest challenges to you?
- What would you like decision makers to know?”
Podcast/ website/ book shoutouts
Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation is the first to seriously discuss what technology is doing to our youth.
Biggest Fan of Sir Ken Robinson- can't believe twenty years later little has changed.
Education Perspectives is edited by Shashank P athttps://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inbox
Intro and Outro by Dynamix Productions