Education Perspectives
Education Perspectives podcast explores the challenges and opportunities in education from birth through productive work. Everyone seems to agree in principle that education is important. So, why is it so hard for us to get to a system that works for our society as it exists today?
Taking the 30,000-foot view to look at the entirety of our multiple systems so that we might begin to plot a course toward transformational change is worthwhile. This type of change cannot happen until people are “rowing the boat” in the same direction.
Education Perspectives includes interviews with people engaged in the work at every level. Looking at challenges and opportunities and what they would like for decision-makers to know. This type of communication changes the dialog. Understanding where the other people in the room are coming from breaks down barriers and opens the conversation on a broader level.
Framed by the host through the lens of having worked in a consulting role with each level, Education Perspectives can give policymakers, administrators, education advocates and the community a unique view into this education journey. Considering these various perspectives to make for better communication can reframe discussions and move policymakers' understanding forward to make policy that will better meet the needs of our information economy.
Education Perspectives
EP 9 Dr. John Nash UK Professor & Podcast Host Online Learning in the Second Half
PODCAST EPISODE 9
John Nash
UK Professor & Podcast Host
Quote of the Podcast –
"All design is redesign." Larry Leifer
Introduction of Guest BIO –
John Nash was born and raised in Silicon Valley and has 30 years of experience in leadership development, strategy design, and social science research. He’s spent the last 13 years researching how design thinking serves leaders as a lens for change and improvement. John helps education leaders identify opportunities for human-centered innovation to make schools that people want. He's the author of the book, "Design Thinking in Education: A Leader's Guide to Collaborating for Improvement," published by Harvard Education Press.
Since 2011, John has been an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. He’s the founder of UK’s Laboratory on Design Thinking (affectionately known as the “dLab”). John has held faculty positions at Iowa State University and the University of Texas at El Paso and was a social research scientist at Stanford University where he directed interdisciplinary and international teams of research scientists examining the effects of innovative technologies on learning.
Interview
Agents of Change: Leaders/Innovators
- 30,000 ft. view – Why do we, as a society invest in education?
- What drew you to education?
- What do you love about what you do?
- Tell us a story or favorite memory about your work in education.
- What are the biggest challenges or obstacles you face?
- What would you like decision makers to know?
Podcast/book shoutouts
Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert Wreck
John's Podcast - Online Learning in the Second Half
UK Video of John’s Design Thinking Class
Education Perspectives is edited by Shashank P at https://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inbox
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Education Perspectives is edited by Shashank P athttps://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inbox
Intro and Outro by Dynamix Productions