Education for a Better World Podcast

What would school be like if students and teachers used the design process in everything they did to learn from mistakes and grow? Megan Power helped create the Design 39 Campus School where that is exactly what is taking place.

These teachers are preparing students for future careers while also empowering them to make the world a better place.

Elisa Guerra never expected to become a teacher. We'll talk about how she went from almost quitting her first teaching job to being named the best teacher in Latin America and a two-time Global Teacher Prize Finalist, and discuss how she ensures she helps make sure the needs of every child in her school are met.

Belinda C. Daniels is a nēhiyaw from Sturgeon Lake First Nations, SK. As an award winning teacher of Indigenous Studies, Cultural Arts and nehiyawewin Core Language classes for the Saskatoon Public School Division, she shares how she is using education to protect language and culture.

Miriam Mason has been overcoming the challenges of teaching in Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest countries, since 2000. Despite the difficulties, she has found ways to instill her students with the democratic values they will need to improve their communities, their country, and the world.

Jillian Morris virtually takes children under the sea to learn about sharks. She is a marine biologist and Virtual Field Trip pioneer. She explains how she got started using videoconferencing with schools and why it's such a powerful learning tool.

Presidential Award winning kindergarten teacher Beth Heidemann and paleontologist Curtis Bentley share ideas for making all subjects come alive for young learners, and how Go2Science was designed to help teachers engage children through inquiry.

In this episode we talk with Los Angeles Drama Teacher Estella Owoimaha-Church about how she uses drama, hip hop, and the arts to help students build bridges between each other and their world.

Mandy Manning, 2018 US National Teacher of the Year, explains the Teachers Against Child Detention Campaign and the upcoming "Teach-In for Freedom" that will be taking place in El Paso, Texas.

Global School Play Day co-founder Scott Bedley shares how the project is giving hundreds of thousands of students the opportunity to participate in unstructured play. He also shared his work in connecting classrooms and helping students identify fake news.