Thought provoking TED Talk by Charles Leadbeater on the potential of disruptive informal education in the world's slums and hopefully elsewhere. Is it time to abandon the teacher centered push of the traditional curriculum, and instead begin to utilize a student centered pull? The Pull begins with Motivation, which must be Extrinsic i.e. actually matter to the student's life now, and intrinsic i.e. interesting and fun. Start with a question from a group of students, add technology, and always keep it practical. What will this mean for the increasingly expensive, and yet outdated, factory model of our "modern" education world?
