[转] TED Talk：《知识就是力量》 Knowledge Is Power

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Arthur Benjamin: Teach statistics before calculus!
亚瑟•本杰明:对改变数学教育的见解

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html

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Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
Using daring displays of algorithmic trickery, lightning calculator and number wizard Arthur Benjamin mesmerizes audiences with mathematical mystery and beauty.

有的人常常问数学老师说，“我会在真实生活中用到微积分吗？”对于我们大多数人来说，亚瑟.本杰明说，这个答案是否定的。他提出了一个建议，让数学教育和数字时代相关联。





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Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
肯•罗宾逊 爵士:展开学习革命

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

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In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

在这个沉痛的，有趣的，传说中的2006年演讲中，Ken Robinson（肯•罗宾逊）爵士提出了从标准化的学校学习到个人化学习的彻底改变的建议-- 创建使孩子的天赋得以茁壮成长的条件。




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Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
苏伽特•米特拉:关于自我教学的新实验

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.
Educational researcher Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish: Build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another.

教育学家Sugata Mitra解决最大的教育问题之一，最好的教师与学校并不存在于它们最需要的地方。从新德里到南非到意大利，他进行了一系列现实实验。在实验中，他为孩子们提供上网条件并让他们自我管理，实验的结果可能会让我们对教学的认识产生革命性改变。




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Sugata Mitra: Kids can teach themselves
苏伽特•米特拉:展示儿童如何自我教学

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.htm

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Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
Educational researcher Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish: Build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another.

在LIFT 2007的演讲中，苏伽特•米特拉介绍了他的“墙中洞”项目（Hole in the Wall）。在该项目中，儿童能够揣摩如何使用个人电脑，并且将方法教给其他儿童。米特拉问道，儿童还能教会自己什么呢？



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Jay Walker: The world's English mania
Jay Walker:关于世界英语热

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html

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Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.
Jay Walker is fascinated by intellectual property in all its forms. His firm, Walker Digital, created Priceline and many other businesses that reframe old problems with new IT. In his private life, he's a bibliophile and collector on an epic scale

Jay Walker 解释为什么全世界20亿人在学英语， 他展示了一些图片和一些令人激动的录像，展示了成千上万的中国学生练习“世界第二语言”英语的场面。




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Stuart Brown: Play is more than just fun
斯图尔特布朗:阐述玩不仅仅有乐趣 玩也是重要的

1. http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html

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A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults -- and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age.
Stuart Brown's research shows play is not just joyful and energizing -- it's deeply involved with human development and intelligence. Through the National Institute for Play, he's working to better understand its significance.

斯图尔特布朗，一位研究玩耍的先锋，说到，幽默，游戏，调情和幻想不仅仅是有趣。孩提时代的玩耍让成年人更加高兴和聪明，保持这种状态可以让我们永远与聪明相伴。




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悠悠

来看看，只是到底是不是力量？