Do check out TED: IDEAS WORTH SPREADING; Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers.
The talks (video) last anywhere from 5-18 minutes. ENORMOUS variety and range of topics, often including fascinating photos, models etc.
• Fantastic as a brain-revver for yourself
• Make wonderful ‘hooks” to encourage children to discuss ideas
• Learn and think about brilliant [...]
Entries Tagged as 'withdrawal classes/elitism'
Brain Revvers for you!
June 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: LINKS about thinking · unschooling · withdrawal classes/elitism
Should gifted classes, and talented classes, exist?
May 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Talking to a teacher a while ago who thought that that particular school’s gifted classes should be closed and the students reintegrated into the other classes. An excerpt from our conversation went something like this :
Teacher: “It’ll put the cream back in the regular classes; and it will give a few good role models [...]
