The Art of Teaching

Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast, Moore’s Law and preparing young people for a future that we can’t even imagine (#5).

Ben Hammersley is a New York-based consultant, keynote speaker, and systems developer, working on Adaptive Futurism, and Cognitive Risk.  His resume is mind-boggling and combines three interconnected subjects - journalist, technologist, and strategic foresight. He has been a reporter for the Times and pioneered multi-platform reporting for the BBC. The word “Podcast” is generally considered to have been invented by ben in an article for The Guardian in February 2004. A year later and it was declared Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. He is a pilot, a licensed EMT (Emergency Medical Technicians) and Wilderness Medic, a triathlete and ultra-runner, a diver, photographer, and disaster response volunteer. In this fascinating and wide-ranging discussion we talk about: 

1) What is adaptive futurism and Cognitive Risk? 
2) What is Moore’s Law and why should we all pay attention to it?
3) The significance of the current shift from students learning facts to learning pathways? 
4) How to prepare young people for a future that we can’t even begin to comprehend? 

Ben was funny, engaging and so generous with his time. I hope that you get as much out of it as I did. Enjoy. 

Pasi Sahlberg: Embracing collective responsibility for student learning, teaching autonomy and why change is so hard (#4)

Pasi Sahlberg has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policymaker in Finland and advised education system leaders around the world.

Nigel Marsh - What do you really want out of life? (#3)

In this week’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the incredible Nigel Marsh. His TED speech on work/life balance remains the most viewed ever given outside of America with well over four million hits. His internationally acclaimed podcast The Five Of My Life can be found on iTunes.

Professor Yong Zhao - The lessons all schools must learn from COVID-19 (#2)

Today’s episode is a discussion with Professor Yong Zhao.  Professor Zhao has been recognised as one of the world’s most influential education scholars. We covered a lot of ground in this week’s discussion. 

Richard Gerver: Why it's time to take bold risks in education (#1).

Richard has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of our generation. He is an award-winning author, speaker and renowned thinker. After every chat with Richard I feel inspired, challenged and excited to get back into the classroom. 

https://www.richardgerver.com/