Why The Education System Needs to Change - Don Wettrick
CEO Journals with Ethan Bridge
English - December 18, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBusiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode #027 - On today’s episode of the podcast you have the pleasure of listening to Don Wettrick. Don is the founder of StartEdUp, a company that wants to revolutionise the education system. Teachers across the globe are yearning to prepare their students to become innovators and thinkers. There is no future in memorisation. StartEdUp are creating producers, not just passive consumers. We need innovation.
You’ve heard the complaints too many times:
When am I ever going to use this in the real world?
Why are we learning this?
When are we going to learn about something interesting?
But what if students came to class excited? What if they were passionate about their projects? What if they grasped the connection between today’s work and tomorrow’s careers?This is what Don and his team are here to do.
Don spent 21 years as a high school teacher, teaching a class called innovation and open source learning at Noblesville Highschool in Indiana with award winning work. So, he is well equipped when it comes to discussions on the current state of the education system. He’s also an educational speaker and author of Pure Genius.
Don has been featured by some of the top media publications including Forbes and has talked with some of the most influential entrepreneurs of today such as Gary Vaynerchuck and Seth Godin on his StartEdUp podcast.
As somebody who has recently finished the education process this is a topic extremely relevant and close to home for both myself and many of the listeners. I can’t wait for you all to hear what Don has to say about the current state of the system and what needs to be changed to have future ready kids who aren’t simply just good test takers.
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Make sure you connect with Don Wettrick on LinkedIn, buy his book Pure Genius, listen to the StartEdUp Podcast, and check out his foundation at https://StartEdUpfoundation.org
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