General Thinking about Education

General Thinking about Education


Einstein gracious in being corrected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5T2KcYiOw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3KFvHxpe8DqxoSrf4i9tvxlADcJ-yemR7HYH6fej5n6tr67crMFVIBbpM

Pinky and the Brain: Parts of the brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snO68aJTOpM


Neil deGrass Tyson/minute physics: History of everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYTJ8tBoZ8

Neil deGrass Tyson Science in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqTOEospfo a side note, a Churchill Student from my year 1990, Jessica Gidal (born Meistrich) worked on this (she is in "Special Thanks" in the credits).


Stanford Proffessor Leonard Susskind talks about Richard Feynman: http://www.ted.com/talks/leonard_susskind_my_friend_richard_feynman.html


Terry Small gave a talk on our Pro-D Jan 19, 2015 about "brain based learning": (this is a related talk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru5kvmy5ED8


What Physics taught Dan Cobley about Marketing: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_cobley_what_physics_taught_me_about_marketing.html


Math Class Makeover: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html


Ken Robinson thinks Schools Kill Creativity: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html


Lee Smolin (Physicist from the Perimeter Institute) "How Science Works": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96w6AFVi0o


Dance vs Powerpoint: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal.html

Quantum Dance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwv4pgNodco


John Cleese on creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g&ab_channel=VideoArts