Ideas to Share

Here are some TED Talks videos which address the issue of teaching children what they truly need to know, or teaching through projects, learning through projects.... changing the paradigm....


This first one is speaking of what I truly believe about most children and their experience of school.

Why Kids Hate School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvg2zBYWtU

This one gives a scientific basis for the idea that children can and do create their own learning and organize their own becoming.  

The Self-Organizing Child:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0fg73WnLWQ

 

This one gives some good examples of media literacy and teaching children how to navigate the 'real world' of mediated messages with which we are all constantly bombarded.

Teaching for Freedom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4uSi1OwQ0


This one gives a great example of self-directed learning, of family-project learning and of following your passion and your interests.

Project  Learning for Life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Enjoy these and please feel free to email me with your own suggestions or to share them in the comments section of this blog.