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51. Dr. Tae — Building A New Culture Of Teaching And L…
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“Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”
Are schools designed to help people learn? Are colleges and universities really institutions of higher education? Do students actually learn any science in science classes? Can skateboarding give us a better model for teaching and learning? Watch this video to find out.
My website
DrTae.org
My blog entry about “Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”
drtae.org/building-a-new-culture-of-teaching-and-learning/
Also check out my talk from TEDxEastsidePrep: "Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?"
drtae.org/can-skateboarding-save-our-schools/
Here are links to references and additional resources related to my talk.
0:37
"School Sucks"
If you’ve never seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” you should watch it here:
ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
1:22
"Universities are not doing a good job."
Watch the entire interview with Dr. Leon Lederman on The Science Network.
Education, Politics, Einstein, and Charm: a conversation with Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman.
thesciencenetwork.org/programs/the-science-studio/robert
3:02
Depersonalization 101: "They're...checking Facebook or their email..."
Is the digital revolution turning us into delusional multitaskers who can't focus?
Watch “Digital Nation” from Frontline on PBS
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/
4:37
“Increasing number of educators found to be suffering from teaching disabilities”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/news/report_increasing_number_of
5:45
"Over 90% of middle school science teachers in this country have never taken a science course outside of high school."
Watch the entire discussion between Dr. Lawrence Krauss and Dr. Richard Dawkins:
richarddawkins.net/article,2472,Richard-Dawkins-and-Lawrence-Krauss,RichardDawkinsnet
7:05
"...the difference between certifications and qualifications."
Malcolm Gladwell has argued that if we don’t have a good way of predicting who will become great teachers, we must drastically change hiring practices in schools.
“Most Likely To Succeed: How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?”
newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/15/081215fa_fact_gladwell
9:16
"I'm not telling you stories about shiny new buildings, or computer labs, or interactive wipeboards that really had an influence on me."
Our priority should be finding great teachers, but we shouldn't ignore the importance of environment in teaching and learning.
The Third Teacher
thethirdteacher.com/
9:30
"...the most effective thing we can do to improve the quality of physics instruction...is to hire, honor, and promote good teachers."
Dr. David J. Griffiths ( academic.reed.edu/physics/faculty/griffiths.html )
“Is There A Text In This Class?”
ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v65/i12/p1141_s1
10:00
"Do they just sit there?"
Dr. Dean Zollman ( phys.ksu.edu/personal/dzollman/ )
“Do They Just Sit There? Reflections on helping students learn physics”
web.phys.ksu.edu/papers/millikan.html
11:41
"Congratulations! You haven't learned a damn thing about science."
I grabbed that diagram of the citric acid cycle ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle ) from library.thinkquest.org/C004535/media/kreb_cycle.gif
Watch Richard Feynman for a more insightful view of science.
“The Pleasure of Finding Things Out”
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7136440703094429927
12:33
"MythBusters is the most scientific show on television."
What? You’ve never seen MythBusters?
dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/
13:23
"Maybe lawyers are getting in the way of science education."
Watch Geyver Tulley’s TED Talks about
“Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
“Life Lessons Through Tinkering”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html
16:40
"Work your ass off until you figure it out."
Dr. Carol Dweck might call this having a “growth mindset.”
“How Not To Talk To Your Kids”
nymag.com/news/features/27840/
Mindset by Dweck
mindsetonline.com/
Branford Marsalis thinks some students don’t understand the idea of hard work.
youtube.com/watch?v=5rz2jRHA9fo
Dr. Kurt Wiesenfeld ( physics.gatech.edu/people/faculty/kwiesenfeld.html )
“Making The Grade: Many students wheedle for a degree as if it were a freebie T shirt”
users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/myturn/makingthegrade.html
17:32
“That’s a long time”
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
Dr. Alan Schoenfeld
gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/ahschoenfeld/ahschoenfeld.html
22:40
“Teach For America Chews Up, Spits Out Another Ethnic-Studies Major”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/node/30911
23:03
"You can polish a turd."
MythBusters: Polishing A Turd
dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-polishing-a-turd.html
24:35
Distributed Computing on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing
SETI@home
setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Are schools designed to help people learn? Are colleges and universities really institutions of higher education? Do students actually learn any science in science classes? Can skateboarding give us a better model for teaching and learning? Watch this video to find out.
My website
DrTae.org
My blog entry about “Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning”
drtae.org/building-a-new-culture-of-teaching-and-learning/
Also check out my talk from TEDxEastsidePrep: "Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?"
drtae.org/can-skateboarding-save-our-schools/
Here are links to references and additional resources related to my talk.
0:37
"School Sucks"
If you’ve never seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” you should watch it here:
ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
1:22
"Universities are not doing a good job."
Watch the entire interview with Dr. Leon Lederman on The Science Network.
Education, Politics, Einstein, and Charm: a conversation with Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman.
thesciencenetwork.org/programs/the-science-studio/robert
3:02
Depersonalization 101: "They're...checking Facebook or their email..."
Is the digital revolution turning us into delusional multitaskers who can't focus?
Watch “Digital Nation” from Frontline on PBS
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/
4:37
“Increasing number of educators found to be suffering from teaching disabilities”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/news/report_increasing_number_of
5:45
"Over 90% of middle school science teachers in this country have never taken a science course outside of high school."
Watch the entire discussion between Dr. Lawrence Krauss and Dr. Richard Dawkins:
richarddawkins.net/article,2472,Richard-Dawkins-and-Lawrence-Krauss,RichardDawkinsnet
7:05
"...the difference between certifications and qualifications."
Malcolm Gladwell has argued that if we don’t have a good way of predicting who will become great teachers, we must drastically change hiring practices in schools.
“Most Likely To Succeed: How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?”
newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/15/081215fa_fact_gladwell
9:16
"I'm not telling you stories about shiny new buildings, or computer labs, or interactive wipeboards that really had an influence on me."
Our priority should be finding great teachers, but we shouldn't ignore the importance of environment in teaching and learning.
The Third Teacher
thethirdteacher.com/
9:30
"...the most effective thing we can do to improve the quality of physics instruction...is to hire, honor, and promote good teachers."
Dr. David J. Griffiths ( academic.reed.edu/physics/faculty/griffiths.html )
“Is There A Text In This Class?”
ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v65/i12/p1141_s1
10:00
"Do they just sit there?"
Dr. Dean Zollman ( phys.ksu.edu/personal/dzollman/ )
“Do They Just Sit There? Reflections on helping students learn physics”
web.phys.ksu.edu/papers/millikan.html
11:41
"Congratulations! You haven't learned a damn thing about science."
I grabbed that diagram of the citric acid cycle ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle ) from library.thinkquest.org/C004535/media/kreb_cycle.gif
Watch Richard Feynman for a more insightful view of science.
“The Pleasure of Finding Things Out”
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7136440703094429927
12:33
"MythBusters is the most scientific show on television."
What? You’ve never seen MythBusters?
dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/
13:23
"Maybe lawyers are getting in the way of science education."
Watch Geyver Tulley’s TED Talks about
“Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html
“Life Lessons Through Tinkering”
ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html
16:40
"Work your ass off until you figure it out."
Dr. Carol Dweck might call this having a “growth mindset.”
“How Not To Talk To Your Kids”
nymag.com/news/features/27840/
Mindset by Dweck
mindsetonline.com/
Branford Marsalis thinks some students don’t understand the idea of hard work.
youtube.com/watch?v=5rz2jRHA9fo
Dr. Kurt Wiesenfeld ( physics.gatech.edu/people/faculty/kwiesenfeld.html )
“Making The Grade: Many students wheedle for a degree as if it were a freebie T shirt”
users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/myturn/makingthegrade.html
17:32
“That’s a long time”
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
Dr. Alan Schoenfeld
gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/ahschoenfeld/ahschoenfeld.html
22:40
“Teach For America Chews Up, Spits Out Another Ethnic-Studies Major”
The Onion
theonion.com/content/node/30911
23:03
"You can polish a turd."
MythBusters: Polishing A Turd
dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-polishing-a-turd.html
24:35
Distributed Computing on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing
SETI@home
setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
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Curious what you think of online educational marketplaces like Megastudy in Korea bit.ly/UUl5P and in the West, Edufire.com - or experiments like the Equity Project, a charter school in NYC offering teachers $125k salaries bit.ly/4y2MQg
I majored in computer science, but what I actually learned from college was in the liberal arts program at UM's Residential College rc.lsa.umich.edu/ - average class size of 15, no grades, classrooms on the first floor of the dorm, teachers accessible in the classroom and out. Yeah, raised by hippies, but it was great. Wish my science and engineering education had been similar.
"Each one, teach one..." – Poor Righteous Teachers
I hope Obama watches your video
Hands-on, personalized education is absolutely the right way to go. We only have 75+ million students a year (K-12) to educate, with 13 years to go from "I zipped my own pants" to university.
That's the challenge.
I showed this video to my 6-year-old twins, and they got the idea that it's if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.
Yoda's line about "there is no try" isn't always helpful, is it?
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=698600
Leads to this curiously popular Japanese anime/manga series:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Teacher_Onizuka
I'm looking forward to seeing "Skateboarding Teacher DrTae" finish up his Physics of Skateboarding series...
rodney mullen
One can never stress enough on the benefits of tinkering and pulling apart old cameras and attic stuff, to meet science and the low-level how of things.
In first grade they forgot to teach me to read. That's right ... they forgot to teach me to read. Forgot! (But I'm not bitter:)
They divided the class into three or four groups but I didn't remember which group I was assigned to. So when they called a group to the front of the room for reading lessons, I didn't go with any of them. Nobody noticed for quite a while.
Needless to say my folks were pretty upset when they figured it out. They got me a tutor and that helped. In the 6th grade I discovered science fiction and went crazy with reading it.
I would be reading a book instead of any other study. Now I was getting in trouble for reading too much. In the 7th grade my only accomplishment notable enough for the year book was for checking out the most books from the school library. Buy the time I left middle school I was proud to announce that I had read every SciFi book they had.
Now I'm 61 and have been an engineer for over thirty years. But I still read slower than most people.
I almost dropped out of college in my second year.
When I decided to stay I also decided that I was responsible for what I learn, and nobody else. I reduced my course load, stopped worrying about anything better than a passing grade and took one class just for fun each school quarter.
I even got an F in one of these elective classes. I got what I wanted from it so who cares about the grade, right? (Well, it's still embarrassing to admit. Grades and peer pressure go together.)
Now my passion is telling stories with video. I'm studying how to do this well and buying the equipment I need to do it. When I retire (soon) I can devote full time to it.
I think we need a movie about this ... your talk has given me some ideas.
Peace,
Rob:-]
Together with similar messages by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, Prof. Michael Wesch, and plenty others, how do we get more parents, principals, school boards, districts and politicians see the light? What has worked? How to build the movement?
Completely agree that knowledge is not like a cheese burger but time is. Also people seem to carry an ego around what they know and kind of more or less hold to it.
What can we do to help them overcome that feeling of holding on to and hiding knowledge and experience from others?
"The classroom without walls"