Education Slow and Fast
Tony Sewell, director of Generating Genius, and Mike Grenier, co-founder of the slow education movement, discuss how time and technology are at the heart of 21st century education.
Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier discuss the challenges of education in the 21st century with Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage Gateshead as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival. Can idle curiosity, slow burning passion and a time for reflection be at the heart of our schools? Or does the increasingly rapid pace of technological change make that sort of teaching a luxury at best - or, at worst, an educational philosophy stuck in a time warp?
Mike Grenier is a House Master at Eton College and the co-founder of the Slow Education Movement, educators arguing the need to make time in the classroom for creative teaching and learning.
Dr Tony Sewell, CBE is the director of the London based charity, Generating Genius, which aims to help children achieve educational success. He began his career as a school teacher and, in 2012, was appointed to chair the Mayor's Education Inquiry into London schools. He works in both the UK and the Caribbean and helped to set up the Science, Maths and Information Technology Centre at Jamaica's University of the West Indies.
Producer: Fiona McLean.
Last on
More episodes
Podcast - Free Thinking - Education Slow and Fast
Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier on the challenges of education in the 21st century.
Clip
-
What鈥檚 the job of the teacher in the 21st century?
Duration: 01:06
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Philip Dodd |
Interviewed Guest | Tony Sewell |
Interviewed Guest | Mike Grenier |
Producer | Fiona McLean |
Broadcast
- Mon 3 Apr 2017 22:0091热爆 Radio 3
Featured in...
Arts
Creativity, performance, debate
Discussions and talks from the Free Thinking Festival 2019
Click to listen to discussions, talks and music as the Free Thinking Festival 2019 Gets Emotional
CLICK to LISTEN & SEE programmes from the Free Thinking Festival 2018: The One & the Many
CLICK to LISTEN & SEE all programmes, images, clips & features from 2017's festival
Free Thinking Festival 2017: The Speed of Life