Category: 2015 TEDxTalk: The Education (r)evolution

Sandra van Aalderen

Teachers, Know Your Brain! Knowledge about the brain and learning is essential if we want to convince teachers to use more active learning strategies, a rich learning environment, stimulate curiosity, or deeper thinking. It is the first step in teacher professional development aiming for 21st century education. In this informative, interesting and factual talk, Sandra…
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Jan de Lange

Curious Minds, Serious Play  Research has shown that it is necessary to facilitate the development of children’s minds toward logical reasoning, creative problem solving and out-of-the box thinking. In this entertaining, thought-provoking talk, Jan de Lange shows us how stimulated play gives parents and educators the opportunity to play a vital role in this process…
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Ingrid van Rossum

Changing the Face of Education How can practical education in the future look? And how can vocational students take their education into their own hands? Ingrid van Rossum has a vision and a dream to share in this down-to-earth, practical and engaging talk about a new way of learning through doing. Ingrid van Rossum believes…
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Hanna Jochmann-Mannak

Finding the answer! A Better Internet for Kids Today’s search engines don’t provide the tools our children need to get the best kind of experience they can from the internet. After years of research culminating in a PhD on how children search the internet, Hanna Jochmann-Mannak wants companies to provide children with relevant, reliable sources…
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Deborah Carter

Watch out, Silicon Valley. We’re coming for you. Deborah wants to transform children in her community from passive technology users into passionate inventors. To do this, she creates a case for making ecosystems in which kids acquire a strong foundation to understand technology: how it works, why it works and how to think in order…
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