TFS#68 - Gavin McCormack, TEDx Speaker On How Education Can Save The World

Gavin McCormack is one of 2019’s Top 10 Most influential global
educators, 2018 Australian of the year nominee, 2020 School
Principal of the Year finalist, children’s book author, TEDx
speaker, and the Australian Montessori Ambassador.  In this
episode, Gavin takes us on a journey of his life and advocacies.
He explains how to find the potential in every child, how we
could possibly repair the education system, and eventually how
education can save the world.


Find out more about Gavin and his books at
https://gavinmccormack.com.au/





00:00 Intro


00:20 Meet Gavin McCormack


02:00 Playing Football in France


03:05 Arriving In Australia


04:20 Pursuing Islamic Interests


05:05 Lessons From Child Refugees


06:50 Learning From Each Other


08:30 The Dreaded Inspectors


09:30 The Islamic School


10:30 The Idea of Education


12:15 Being A Good Teacher


15:20 Observing The Students


16:30 It’s A Yes


18:10 Knowing Your Students


18:30 Four Types Of Learners


19:00 Independent Learners


19:15 Parallel Learners


19:55 Cooperative Learners


20:15 Collaborative Learners


21:30 The Potential In Every Child


23:30 Teaching Comes Naturally


25:15 Children Are Smarter


26:55 The Greatest Gift Is Time


27:50 Why Montessori


30:10 Executive Functioning


32:15 You Can’t Teach Skills


34:25 We All Want To Be Noticed


36:20 The Trap


37:00 The Gangster


38:50 No One’s Perfect


40:30 Let Them Fail


42:30 Being The Principal


44:00 The Trained Chef


45:40 Trusting Teachers


46:20 Building Schools In Nepal


47:40 Changing The World


49:20 Giving Everything Away


50:20 Empowering Teachers


51:30 Empowering Students


53:25 The Magic Moment


56:10 Worldwide Free Online Education


57:30  Books By Gavin


58:00 Outro