How to Escape Education's Death Valley

Offered By: TED via YouTube

Course Description

Overview

Discover the three crucial principles for human mind flourishing in this stirring TED talk. Explore how current education culture hinders these principles and learn strategies to escape the educational "death valley." Gain insights on nurturing younger generations with a climate of possibility. Examine topics such as No Child Left Behind, STEM disciplines, standardized testing, and high-performing education systems. Understand why education should be viewed as a human system and how to create a culture that supports individual growth and achievement.

Syllabus

Introduction
No Child Left Behind
STEM disciplines
Task and achievement
Standardized tests
Culture of standardization
Highperforming systems
Education is a human system
Death Valley

Taught by

TED

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