Inspiration
Teacher, Need Inspiration? Watch these TED Talks
These TED talks will ignite passions, pique interests and inspire you.
We have compiled a collection of TED Talks to ignite passions, pique interests and inspire educators
Every kid needs a champion
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Teach arts and sciences together
Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer … Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls on educators to teach both the arts and sciences, both intuition and logic, as one — to create bold thinkers.
Let's teach religion – all religion — in schools
Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion — all religion — to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.
How to learn? From mistakes
Diana Laufenberg shares three surprising things she has learned about teaching — including a key insight about learning from mistakes.
The life-long learner
Wofford College president Bernie Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
While it would be impossible to pick the best 5 TED Talks, we wanted to try! let us know which are your favorite, and which TED Talks we should add to the list.
Source – TED.com