

It’s Time to Change the Way We Teach (and Learn) | Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
17 snips Jun 29, 2022
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a Professor at USC, dives into how emotional and cognitive development shapes the future of education. She critiques current teaching methods for focusing too much on rote learning and advocates for transformative approaches that nurture individual growth and curiosity. Highlighting neuroscience, she discusses how emotional and social contexts enhance learning. Passionate about experiential education, she explores innovative programs that prioritize personal interests, encouraging self-directed growth and deeper engagement through storytelling and mentorship.
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Focus on Development
- Modern schooling misunderstands its true aim: development, not just learning.
- Learning should serve the larger purpose of individual growth and societal contribution.
Context Matters
- Human abilities are not fixed but context-dependent, influenced by emotions and sociocultural factors.
- School structures often undermine these human capacities, necessitating a North Star for redesign.
Redesigning Education
- Deconstruct existing beliefs and values in education.
- Understand desired student thinking, feeling, and learning processes and design the system around them.