Change the Story, Change the World
Bayo Akomolafe speaks about the single story of modernity and its implications for a monoculture of education. He argues for the recognition of diverse forms of learning beyond standardized schooling and for a plurality of educations. Akomolafe is a poet, philosopher, psychologist and a professor at the Covenant University Nigeria. Video by Timo Holthoff, Learn2Change - Global Network of Educational Activists. Watch video
"In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish." Watch video
"All children need windows of opportunity that will open them to a world that they will partner in new creation. Never has the time been so ripe for change, and never before has education been more available to new strategies. "The goal of this kind of education is what I have called ‘the possible human,’ the fetus of the emerging self. Perhaps this full expression of human potential has been coded in us since time out of mind, but only now have so many been called to its realization. What … Continue reading