Teaching without words | Matthew Peterson | TEDxOrangeCoast

In school, the dominant way of conveying ideas is through words. Words can be great barriers to learning. Matthew Petersen shows and explains how we can learn without words. Matthew Peterson,...

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Translator: Ariana Bleau Lugo Reviewer: Maria Carolina Aguirre J.In school, the way of conveying ideasis through words.A teacher walks up to the boardwrites words, says words,students receive books with words,and are expected to respond to questions with words.The vast majority of teaching is done through words.But let's look at who we're trying to teach.Focusing on California, 25% of studentsare English language learners.Another 15% have language based learning difficultiessuch as dyslexia.An additional 20% fail language comprehension tests.And a large portion of the remaining studentscharacterize themselves as visual learners.Left over, there's only a tiny little segment of studentsfor whom current teaching methods are a good fit.I was one of...