5: A Relic of a System with Trevor Soponis PhD
Join me for this incredible interview with Trevor Soponis PhD, Founder and Chief Learning Officer at The Sustainable Learning Projects. Dr. Soponis believes that projects should connect to the community and create good in the world while creating a platform for real world learning and skill building by students. We talk about seaweed and shellfish farms, sustainable forestry, how to engage your children in projects at home and what comes next for education. Trevor also shares with us why the current education system no longer serves our needs and a few of the exciting collaborations he is currently working on that help to provide the skills and connections that are needed by the students of today’s world. In this episode, we cover: How students can become experts with real world outcomes What educators can do to be more successful in an evolving classroom Why the concept of falling behind is detrimental The reasons why our current educational system no longer serves us What should Project-Based Learning (PBL) assessments look like SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/5
Join me for this incredible interview with Trevor Soponis PhD, Founder and Chief Learning Officer at The Sustainable Learning Projects. Dr. Soponis believes that projects should connect to the community and create good in the world while creating a platform for real world learning and skill building by students.
We talk about seaweed and shellfish farms, sustainable forestry, how to engage your children in projects at home and what comes next for education. Trevor also shares with us why the current education system no longer serves our needs and a few of the exciting collaborations he is currently working on that help to provide the skills and connections that are needed by the students of today’s world.
In this episode, we cover:
- How students can become experts with real world outcomes
- What educators can do to be more successful in an evolving classroom
- Why the concept of falling behind is detrimental
- The reasons why our current educational system no longer serves us
- What should Project-Based Learning (PBL) assessments look like
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/5
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