EP 71 - How Education Can Create a Just, Sustainable Future
EP 71 - How Education Can Create a Just, Sustainable Future
Feat. Carla Marschall & Elizabeth O. Crawford, Authors of Worldwise Learning
This interview is part of the series of research interviews on the education crisis and how we can solve it. If you want to hear the other experts, please see our education thesis.
How can we get bright young minds (even kindergarteners!) tackling global issues like the pandemic?!
Carla Marschall & Elizabeth O. Crawford have been pedagogical leaders, educators & curriculum designers for decades and wanted to share their expertise in nurturing young minds in an ever changing globalized world.
But when the pandemic hit, they knew that teachers were going to need these tools now more than ever.
So after only meeting each other on Twitter beforehand, these two co-authored Worldwise Learning: A Teacher′s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future, which helps educators create a “Pedagogy for People, Planet, and Prosperity”.
Their goal has been to support educators in nurturing “Worldwise Learners”: students who both deeply understand and purposefully act when learning about global challenges.
Who could think of a better set of tools to give a student right now?
What You Will Learn In This Episode
How to connect students to global problems; even in kindergarten
How to help them understand problems at a systems level
How to help students act on creating solutions for problems
How to write a book with someone you just met on Twitter
and much more...
Full show notes, transcripts, and resources can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/71
Connect With Carla & Elizabeth:
Twitter: Carla Marschall
Twitter: Elizabeth Crawford
Timestamps
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:32) - What education needs in 2021
(04:25) - How scripted, top down models are a problem for education
(07:15) - How poverty effects education
(10:22) - What traditional education does really well
(14:05) - What is global competence?
(18:36) - Why its important to connect content personally to a student
(22:30) - What is the 3 parts of the Worldwise Learning Cycle?
(27:59) - Why is systems thinking important for students?
(31:58) - How to create knowledge transfer through real world problems
(33:09) - Examples of the Worldwise Learning Cycle in action
(40:55) - How a teacher can implement this into their practice
(44:38) - How could this be used for adults?
(47:25) - How to write a book with someone you just met on Twitter
(55:03) - How Carla and Elizabeth personally changed their teaching
(58:14) - Call to Action
(59:14) - How to push the world to Evolve