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"Acton Academy - A Day in the Life" offers a glimpse into the daily routines of students in learner-driven communities like Acton Academy Northwest Austin, highlighting their commitment to self-directed learning and personal growth. The video showcases how learners engage in Socratic discussions, set individual goals, and participate in hands-on projects, all within a supportive community that emphasizes character development and academic excellence. This portrayal provides insight into Acton Academy Northwest Austin's unique educational approach, where students are empowered to take charge of their own learning journeys.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler What trials unite not only Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins but many of literature's most interesting heroes? And what do ordinary people have in common with these literary heroes? Matthew Winkler takes us step-by-step through the crucial events that make or break a hero. Lesson by Matthew Winkler, animation by Kirill Yeretsky.

Rethinking Schools, Genius and Heroes - April 8, 2011 Jeff Sandefer lives a dual life as an entrepreneur and a teacher. As an entrepreneur, Jeff founded his first successful business at age 16. His third business, Sandefer Offshore, started at age 27, returned $500 million in profits on a million dollar investment -- in less than four years. Recently he sold Sandefer Capital Partners, an oil and gas investment firm that held several billion dollars in assets. Business may be his day job, but Jeff's passion is teaching. While at the University of Texas, students awarded Jeff with the school's outstanding teacher award five times, and he was selected by "BusinessWeek" as one the top entrepreneurship professors in the United States. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxOKC, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxOKC event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

http://www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Ep. 336 Watch Jordan Peterson's "Vision & Destiny" on DW+ https://bit.ly/3KrWbS8 Peterson draws upon his extensive research and relatable real-life experiences to illustrate how to develop attainable goals for intimate relationships, meaningful friendships, and your career. Transform the chaotic potential of the future into actuality — with a vision. Dr Jordan B Peterson and Jeff Sandefer discuss the k-12 education machine, its origins and failures, and how the Acton Academies are making leaps to correct the system. Jeff Sandefer is an entrepreneur and Socratic teacher. He started his first business at 16 and graduated from Harvard Business School. Jeff has started and runs many successful companies, his most recent being Sandefer Capital Partners, an oil and gas investment firm with several billion dollars in assets. He has also started multiple academic programs and schools, such as the Acton School of Business, whose students were named the “most competitive MBA’s in the nation” by the Princeton Review. This has since extended into k-12 with the Acton Academy, a cutting-edge program that blends a one-room schoolhouse, the Socratic Method, and 21st-century technology to empower each student to change the world. Dr Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://bit.ly/3KrWbS8 - Sponsors - Birch Gold Group: Text "JORDAN" to 989898 for your no-cost, no-obligation, FREE information kit. Hallow: Try Hallow for 3 months FREE: https://hallow.com/jordan - Links - For Jeff Sandefer: Start an Acton Academy: https://eo-f.com/3YlNP1v “21st century learning in one-room schoolhouse.” Children's Business Fair: https://eo-f.com/41I4P4Y “young entrepreneurs gather to launch neighborhood businesses.” Courage to Grow: https://eo-f.com/41IMLrJ “Acton Academy’s origin story, for entrepreneurial parents.” - Chapters - (0:00) Coming up (1:25) Intro (3:05) Business, incentive, and starting early (6:45) Socratic teaching, the case method (8:23) Toward your next step (11:40) The judgment of Moses (12:30) Fascination with questions (13:41) Fathers, reaching the top (16:17) Joe Rogan, the breadth of reach (18:50) Ask a stupid question (21:00) Building the Acton program (25:30) The origin of education (28:58) Every child is a genius (32:30) Approaches to teaching (33:35) Regardless of IQ… (35:03) Experiments in culture (39:20) Grading by effort, attainment, and social investment (43:08) No.1 in 18 months, franchising (46:20) Don’t worry if your child isn’t speaking yet (50:01) Auditing students, accountability (51:40) Gaming the system, control mechanisms (54:05) Markers for toxic students (58:09) The influence of testosterone at 13 (59:30) Offsetting the Pareto distribution (1:01:20) Gratitude as a practice (1:03:50) Acton apprenticeships (1:08:35) The success of education belongs to the students (1:10:25) Freud, the devouring mother (1:12:13) Playing games to develop culture (1:18:09) Identifying the problem is crucial (1:21:26) Socratic discussion (1:23:20) Opposing sides (1:25:01) Pageau: distributed responsibility and nested games (1:27:12) The three meaningful questions even 8-year-olds ask (1:31:20) Launch-padders, prestige versus competence (1:33:35) Adjuncts, the internet, and the depletion of the current model (1:37:45) The teachers we remember (1:40:00) Domains of learning and ideological capture (1:42:20) Woke culture and the victim mentality (1:44:21) Age, wealth, and biological capitol (1:46:45) Temple Grandin (1:48:15) Higher education and finding your calling (1:52:35) The importance of Vision // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignup Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES // Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS // Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson All socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus #TheJordanBPetersonPodcast