The TEDtalk below asks some interesting questions for educators: how do we prepare students for the future when the future is constantly changing? How do we prepare students, when we don’t know the answers ourselves? Sami Nerenberg argues that students want to put their education into action and solve the world’s problems by empathizing with those in it and designing projects that will have local and social impact. Human-centred design involves taking in the world in order to give back to it. In Design for American students are asking what is the smallest change they can make that will have the greatest impact. There are many interesting answers.
You may also like
Education is vitally important but being a good person is essential in my book. Like grades, compassion and consideration takes effort and hard work sometimes, especially for young children as they grow up and start to think of others, rather than…
The world is a rough place. People who should be able to get along often don’t get along at all. Empathy can help cure it of these disagreements.There are all sorts of theories about why the world is the way it is today. Millions in the United States w…
Toolkit for “Empathy for the ‘A'”Overview: Empathy and academics need not be mutually exclusive. In fact, a focus on empathy can increase student achievement. This toolkit for “Empathy for the ‘A’” shows teachers how to bui…
Hunger Games: How Controversial Books Build ‘Empathy Muscles’ Nothing is more important than teaching compassion (Vinciane Rycroft, The Guardian, April 13, 2012) Human Kindness Genes Withstand Threats and Fear (Maia Szalavitz, TIME, April…