Interrogating "What Is School For" with Seth Godin and Anette Carlisle

Today, Maria is a guest co-host on Anette on Education. Together they take the opportunity to unpack education with one of their teachers, Seth Godin.  This episode is for teachers, principals, parents, and everyone who seeks to create change in education including those responsible for education policy.  

Seth has been outspoken about Education in his manifesto Stop Stealing Dreams, his TED Talk. He also published a course on Udemy called Seth Godin on Learning and Education. He asks the BIG question - What Is School For - and explains the difference between education and learning. 

Anette and Maria prompt Seth to share his insights on the progress we've made thus far, the change we're creating today and most importantly, where we’re headed. The three of them interrogate the role of teachers and parents and everyone involved in setting up the education systems. 

Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, AND teacher. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 20 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn), and This Is Marketing. His newest book is The Practice, Shipping Creative Work. Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!).

Tune in to learn from a teacher who never ceases to amaze us with his remarkable insights!

The original conversation was published on Anette on Education.

 

 Listen to this episode and explore:

Introducing Seth Godin and the purpose of today's conversation(0:00)

What is the purpose of education? (2:08)

Looking back at the evolution of learning (3:05)

How Seth envisions the future of education (4:52)

Unpacking learning & education and students & adult learners (6:24)

The TED talk Seth never gave; What if the last kid on earth would enter kindergarten? (9:52)

How can we disrupt the education system? Unpacking the critical role of teachers (10:50)

How can indoctrinated students become lifelong learners? (13:50)

How can we address custodial care issues in K12 education? (15:54)

The role of parents and how community and education systems can support them (18:53)

Seth’s Manifesto on Stop Stealing Dreams: What Is School For? (20:24)

Do we need to blow the education system up? Seth’s suggestion to learn from prison reform (21:18)

How technology is disrupting education but continues to support testing and compliance (23:23)

The role of creativity in the future of education: figuring out what to do next! (25:49)

Seth’s call-to-action for listeners: the BIG question again! (27:10)

Anette’s closing remarks (28:02)

 

Where to find more about Seth Godin:

Seth’s Website

Seth’s Blog

Seth on LinkedIn

 

 Mentioned in this episode:

Stop Stealing Dreams

Seth’s Books & Courses

Akimbo Workshops

The Podcasting Workshop (former Fellowship)

Anette on Education Podcast

 

Production team:

Host & Producer: Maria Xenidou

Co-host: Anette Carlisle

 

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