The Back of the Class
The Back of the Class
Patrick O'Shea
Musings on education from the kids at the back of the class.
Daniel's Proposal
In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Daniel talks about re-imagining the high school experience.
Mar 18, 2011
35 min
Patrick's Proposal
In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Patrick talks about an educational game that he would develop.
Mar 10, 2011
34 min
Simon's Proposal
In this episode, we take a slightly different approach to the issues associated with education. We're going to spend some time focusing on our own proposals for educational change rather than discussing what others have done and/or proposed. In this episode, Simon talks about his philosophy of technology usage and what that means for teacher training.
Mar 3, 2011
35 min
Is Homeschooling the Answer?
In this episode, the kids at the back of the class take a look at the arguments for homeschooling, and explore whether it is the answer to all of education's problems.
Feb 4, 2011
39 min
Grading Parents! No, Really...They Want To Grade Parents.
In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss the idea of having teachers grading parents on how prepared their child(ren) is/are for school each day. It won't take long to find out how the kids in the back of the class feel about that one.
Jan 28, 2011
32 min
Practical Wisdom
In this episode, the kids at the back of the class are joined by an often-referenced person to discuss Barry Schwartz TED Talk, titled "Using Our Practical Wisdom". Simon was in the field, so Mark Salata joined us, and brought the topic.
Jan 20, 2011
33 min
The Thiel Conundrum
In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss the Thiel Foundation's Fellowship program that gives $100,000 to each of 20 recipients under the age of 20. The program is designed to reward "stopping out of school" and furthering innovative science and technical ideas.
Jan 13, 2011
33 min
CAREing Schools
In this episode, the kids at the back of the class discuss, some in a very grumpy way, an article about CARE, a school initiative to bring values learning to students.
Jan 7, 2011
35 min
Education with SOLE
In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss Sugata Mitra's TED talk about Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLE). For the most part, we just gush about the whole idea, but we do it in a confrontational manner.
Dec 24, 2010
33 min
The Pandora Classroom
In this episode, the boys at the back of the class discuss the feasibility of classes set up like the Pandora music service in order to differentiate and individualize instruction.
Dec 9, 2010
31 min
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