the ## goal is to inspire, cultivate curiosity, passion, and insight critical thinking skills and open discussion without the learner knowing they are learning. Michael Stevens Questions TED Talk
Find undiscovered talent in each learner (curiosity + passion)
For each, recognize the learner's style and adopt the correlating learning model
generate and teach values that promote conserving ecological balance
Give them something to stand for, not just against. Ask them what they think is wrong with the classroom — and then challenge them to make it better.
Offer students the chance to reinterpret something they’ve learned.
be on the same level of understanding as the learner to identify logical errors in thinking
Reward questions by telling the student that it is a good question, and generally shows a great amount of enthusiasm for his field of study.
Avoid telling children what to learn, rather expose them to the available knowledge and content out there in the world
To teach someone a value at the time when the relationship is good seems to have a far greater positive impact than teaching in a negative environment.
Teacher's genuine love for the discipline
Teacher's genuine love for the well being and best interest of the learner
most non-conforming children are the least likely to be the teacher’s pets Educating an Original Thinker
Lahey: In the current educational framework, it’s easier to teach a room of conformist, unoriginal, malleable children, and yet you assert that these are not the sort of children who will go on to change the world. How can teachers push American education in a direction that will foster the kind of traits that make for original, innovative thinkers? Educating an Original Thinker
Rebels without direction are a teacher’s worst nightmare and given enough power, can derail just about any lesson plan. Educating an Original Thinker
applying any new knowledge to a learner depends on their level of understanding and how well the teacher can 1-to-1 translate knowledge to their level (teacher must understand the individual learner)
The current education system provides one option for a million families when in fact, there should be millions of options for the millions of families
The art of teaching is knowing what ## not to teach.
Teaching is ## not a spectator sport
Teachers don't have to know everything
Teach not when an argument or conflict is occurring.
Teaching yourself does not mean you are an amateur teacher
How do we inspire people to become more curious, passionate, and ask the right questions without telling, lecturing, explaining to them?
undo the practice of mass classroom learning
undo the affects of over-consumerism
undo the ideology of scarcity & competition
encompass varied teaching methods to reach the entire scope of learning styles (reading, visual, tutorials, exercises, meetups, etc)
Determine the usefulness or uselessness of measuring memory and cognition
what approach is taken against bullying?
what approach is taken against unethical behavior?
what approach is taken to offer assistive services to children?
what approach is taken to validate we are valuing the right things?
what approach is taken to measure cognitive competency?
freeing up teacher's time to assist learners at a 1-to-1 level
If certain measurements are to be found useful, adopt non-invasive, non-competitive methods to maintain the desired outcome