Very inspirational, I agree that in education that children should learn by doing rather than passively listening to the teacher. I believe that the American education system has transitioned to "test" education rather than learning actual information that is based on skills we will need for the world. Thank you for the awesome interview! :)

What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization, and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/learning-doing-being-new-science-education/121

Adele Diamond — The Science of Attention

Journalist, novelist and travel writer Pico Iyer has become one of our most eloquent explorers of what he calls the "inner world" — in himself and in the 21st Century world at large. He travels the globe from Ethiopia to North Korea and lives in Japan. But he also experiences a remote Benedictine hermitage as his second home, retreating there many times each year. In this intimate conversation, we explore the discoveries he's making and his practice of "the art of stillness.”

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/pico-iyer-the-art-of-stillness/7615


Pico Iyer — The Art of Stillness

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

Adele Diamond — The Science of Attention

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