Aksinya's Talks
on Education
Select from my wealth
of knowledge and findings
TALKS ON LEARNING
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3 impactful but unknown pedagogical innovations
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3 main obstructions to learning, and how to overcome them
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Why and how to introduce self-directed learning in formal schooling
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Who kills curiosity?
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Can schools learn anything from children who don't go to school?
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How to cultivate a scientific mindset
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How to support multi-gifted kids
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How to obtain depth in learning in the age of fast-food information
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Why is Leonardo da Vinci still an icon in the 21st Century?
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Poetry, dance, science, and finance: how to combine arts and sciences into a learning process
TALKS ON THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION
​Learn about forgotten treasures of the philosophy and practice of learning from different cultures, and find out which approaches and tools could be decisive for transforming today's education system.
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Vedic and Buddhist India
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Ancient China
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The Golden Age of Islam
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The Soviet Union
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The Americas
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The Christian Tradition
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The History of Progressive Education
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This is a series of talks that I usually provide as a single package, which provides a complete picture and leaves the audience in awe at the sheer variety of different cultural approaches. Each talk is a multimedia presentation 1.5 -2 hours long, and can also be ordered separately.
TALKS ON POLYMATHS
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How polymaths shaped the world we live in
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Systems thinking: the polymath's magic key
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Versatility: nature vs. nurture
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What is polymathic education?
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Polymathic curriculum design
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How do we cultivate polymaths?
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Interdisciplinarity vs. polymathy
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Hotbeds of polymathy need to make a comeback!
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How to shape a multidisciplinary mind
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The best professions for modern polymaths
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Soviet “phys-math” schools: a polymathic wonder
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How polymaths innovate new paradigms
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Polymathic business leaders
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The future belongs to integrators