- cuts to public education
- Students performance not being competitive with global learning
- vouchers marketed as a choice
- shifts from education problems to problems with educators
- loss of market share
He emphasized the fact that we are not competing globally. Education is looking at problems and saying we just do not have enough money to fix that. Well, a new edition of a textbook is really not going to make that much impact on if your student. It is up to you to understand the learning abilities of your students and know that the choices are endless.
Problems we need to Solve:
- schools need to reflect the real world
- stop restructuring
- stop teaching the way you were taught
- tell our story
One thing I found interesting was that he brought up the fact the brain only learns by two ways : pleasure and fear. So, what are we doing as educator to make it pleasurable? Are we truly teaching our kids to learn or we teaching them we we know.
I also found the fact he said "stop teaching the way you were taught." I think this a harsh reality but, one as students we need to learn. The world is forever evolving it is up to us to see to those changes. When we were in school, we didn't learn like they did the 1800's, we learned to the newer age. We have to be teaching around the problems, culture, technology and strategies that go with the year. We always have to be looking for newer and brighter ways to make this pleasurable. In order to return to greatness, we must rid of, "one size fits all."
Here is a video of what I thought was a good example:
After hearing him talk I really want to read his book!
The Education for the Human Brain by Timothy B. Jones
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