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College of Arts and Humanities
A Research Institute for Arts and Humanities Event
This event is part of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities Public Lectures and Events series
SpeakerAlex Beard
Professor Owen Sheers
Alex Beard has worked in education for a decade. After starting out as an English teacher in an inner-city comprehensive, he completed his MA at the Institute of Education before joining Teach For All, a growing network of independent organizations working to ensure that all children fulfill their potential. He’s fortunate to spend much of his time searching the world for the most promising educational practices and sharing his learning with teachers, school leaders and policymakers in forty-six countries. He’s so far visited schools in half of them. He has written for the Independent, Financial Times and Wired. This is his first book. Alex Beard is available for interview and to write articles.
From: 18 Apr 2018, 7:30 p.m.To: 18 Apr 2018, 9 p.m.
Location: Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PZ, Swansea
In his book Natural Born Learners, education insider Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how we can - and why we must - do better. Weaving together expert insight, entertaining anecdote and intelligent research, Beard leads us from the crowded corridors of a London comprehensive to the high-tech halls of Silicon Valley, through the exam factories of South Korea to the inclusive classrooms of Finland to reveal that today we stand on the cusp of a learning revolution. Tackling everything from artificial intelligence to our growing understanding of the infant brain, from the roots of creativity to the way classrooms can be unwitting engines of extremism, this book is a user's guide to transforming learning in the twenty-first century and roadmap to accessing our better future selves.
Swansea University Centenary Lecture Series
Curated and introduced by Professor in Creativity, Owen Sheers
Contact: Matthew Hughes (Email: M.T.Hughes@swansea.ac.uk) - Telephone: 01792604808
Website: https://www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk/en/performances.php?id=57716
Event created by: m.t.hughes