Sceptic, Chris Edwards, 'What's Your Thing?

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Chris edwards is a world history teacher in the midwest. He has written for sceptic on quite a wide range of topics. i've always felt that world history is not a subject at all to subjects, because ot asking world historical questions by necessity you end up moving beyond traditional historical methods. That leads to connections that sometimes filter well beyond what wot is traditional historic or discipline,. For history a has an effect on mathematics and philosophy. So enjoyed this conversation with chris wards.

Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and how they result in massively different educational outcomes, how “no child left behind” left children behind, federal vs. state educational systems, cheating scandals and what to do about them, the future of education in a world of free (or nearly free) online learning, comparing the U.S. educational system to other countries. Shermer and Edwards also discuss thought experiments, based on Edwards’ latest book, Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education.