A Quantum Revolution in Education | Mark Vondracek | TEDxNorthwesternU

Описание: In education, big problems such as achievement gaps and declining student health have been addressed with numerous reforms, but after a couple of decades of doing so we have seen little to no improvements. Mark Vondracek believes it is time to take Thomas Jefferson's advice that "a little rebellion now and then is a good thing," as we are in need of an educational revolution on par with the quantum revolution in science from over 100 years ago. He suggests a shift in our mindset about how we think of and interact with students, in order to kick-start a 'quantum revolution' in education. Mark Vondracek has been a physics teacher and research adviser at Evanston Township High School for the past twenty-four years. Prior to teaching high school, he earned his Ph.D. in high-energy particle physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, using data from the Collider Detector Facility collaboration at Fermilab. While research was fascinating, Mark’s true passion involved helping and working with young people. He believes every student is capable of doing great things, and looks to get them working on personal interests
whenever possible, in local, state, national, and international projects. He has been honored by being recognized as one of the world’s top 50 teachers in the Global Teacher Prize, as well as a Claes Nobel National Top 10 Teacher of the Year, the Contemporary Physics Education Project’s National Teacher of the Year, the Illinois State Board of Education’s Award of Excellence winner, Northwestern’s
Distinguished Secondary Teacher Award, etc. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx