#10 Moving Past 'Because I Said So' to Make Education Relevant

Make It Mindful: Insights for Global Learning

The dreaded question - Why do we need to learn this?

In this episode, hosts Seth Fleischauer, Lauren Pinto, and Komal Shah dive into the ever-growing relevance gap in schools, and how to navigate curriculum that is seems woefully irrelevant for this day and age. We speak to the rapidly changing world, and how we have become more disconnected from basic skills such as paying our taxes, fixing a car, and even cooking a meal. If we were to change what is taught in school, what are the topics we would include? Financial literacy? Architecture? Mental Health? We ask ourselves a key question: how do we make what is taught in schools not only relevant, but needed for our kids' futures? This episode is for every teacher who doesn't want to answer: "Because I said so."

In this episode, we will cover:

- How to combat irrelevant curriculum

- Topic areas that should be included in schools

- Next steps to give teachers more agency for relevancy
Articles mentioned:
1. What's Worth Learning in School? by Lori Hough at Harvard Ed. Magazine
2. 7 subjects that should be taught in U.S. schools by Kevin Dickinson at Big Think
3. 51 things they should teach in school, but don’t by Paul Brian at Hack Spirit

Co-Host Links:

Seth Fleischauer

Founder and President of Banyan Global Learning

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-fleischauer/

Website: https://banyangloballearning.com/

Lauren Pinto

Cofounder of Ambitious Ed, Educational Technology Specialist

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-s-pinto/

Website: https://www.ambitioused.com/

Komal Shah

Speaker, Author, & Entrepreneur

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/consultkomal

Website: https://thekomalshah.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Your-Hand-Consciousness-Education-ebook/dp/B09FNT6B45/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=