Aksinya's Talks
on Education
Select from my wealth
of knowledge and findings
TALKS ON LEARNING
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3 impactful but unknown pedagogical innovations
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3 main obstructions to learning, and how to overcome them
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Why and how to introduce self-directed learning in formal schooling
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Who kills curiosity?
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Can schools learn anything from children who don't go to school?
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How to cultivate a scientific mindset
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How to support multi-gifted kids
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How to obtain depth in learning in the age of fast-food information
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Why is Leonardo da Vinci still an icon in the 21st Century?
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Poetry, dance, science, and finance: how to combine arts and sciences into a learning process
TALKS ON THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION
Learn about forgotten treasures of the philosophy and practice of learning from different cultures, and find out which approaches and tools could be decisive for transforming today's education system.
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Vedic and Buddhist India
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Ancient China
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The Golden Age of Islam
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The Soviet Union
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The Americas
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The Christian Tradition
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The History of Progressive Education
This is a series of talks that I usually provide as a single package, which provides a complete picture and leaves the audience in awe at the sheer variety of different cultural approaches. Each talk is a multimedia presentation 1.5 -2 hours long, and can also be ordered separately.
TALKS ON POLYMATHS
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How polymaths shaped the world we live in
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Systems thinking: the polymath's magic key
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Versatility: nature vs. nurture
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What is polymathic education?
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Polymathic curriculum design
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How do we cultivate polymaths?
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Interdisciplinarity vs. polymathy
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Hotbeds of polymathy need to make a comeback!
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How to shape a multidisciplinary mind
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The best professions for modern polymaths
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Soviet “phys-math” schools: a polymathic wonder
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How polymaths innovate new paradigms
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Polymathic business leaders
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The future belongs to integrators