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