Archive for June, 2011

June 24, 2011 0

Education Rethunk, Part 6: Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat

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Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people’s interest in learning by thinking about their culture, and about what it really means to be engaged in something. This is the sixth installment in the WhoWeAm series on education seen through the lens of culture.

June 17, 2011 0

Education Rethunk, Part 5: When it Works

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This is the 5th installment in this series of education films. This particular video focuses on the idea of seeing the classroom as having a culture of its own.

June 6, 2011 0

Education Rethunk, Part 4: Dusting Off Our Game

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The 4th film installment in WhoWeAm’s series on education looks at the absurd discrepancy between traditional US culture and the current US schools.