Category: Collaboration
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How might we empower students to lead their own personalized learning journeys by fundamentally reimagining education systems to prioritize collaborative growth over standardized metrics of competition?
Over the past 10 months, I spoke with people representing 27 countries across 6 continents to examine the shifting perspectives on education practices, globally. Using the human-centered design framework to facilitate and process these interviews, I asked lots of big questions, and received amazing responses. In this season finale, I’ll share five emerging insights, and…
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How might we encourage exploration and experimentation over compliance and conformity?
In this episode, I speak with Miche—an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, investor, and mentor—about her journey navigating 7 majors in undergrad, and 7 careers post grad across multiple industries. We talk about the importance of encouraging a sense of curiosity and exploration in our children, and what teachers and parents can do at home and at school…
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How might we measure the success of students on their ability to collaborate with others?
In this episode, I speak with Maryn—a writer, artist, and entrepreneur—about the long-lasting impact of the elementary school we both attended, and how more mainstream schools could benefit by adopting some of its core principles and practices. We talk about the competitive nature of schools, and how damaging such cultures can be to our health…