LAWRENCE KRAUSS ON EDUCATION
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Lawrence Krauss – Big Think
We Need to Teach Kids Creative Thinking
In this Big Think the scientist and educationalist discusses his ideas on educating children. Listen and see if you can answer these questions:
- What does he think should be the basis of education?
- What is the old name for mathematics?
- What is he in favour of being created by a team of people?
- What can’t he understand about local school authorities?
- Is he in favour of local school boards dictating educational content?
- What is one the reasons (according to him) why we send kids to school?
- How does he feel about standardized testing?
- What are some of the problems with testing?