It took a life-threatening condition to jolt chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam out of ten years of “pseudo-teaching” to understand the true role of the educator: to cultivate curiosity. In a fun and personal talk, Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.
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More from this series:
- Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson
- Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson
- Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
- Our failing schools. Enough is enough! | Geoffrey Canada
- How to escape education’s death valley | Sir Ken Robinson
- Teach every child about food | Jamie Oliver
- Why some of us don’t have one true calling | Emilie Wapnick
- Learn to read Chinese … with ease! | ShaoLan
- Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani
- Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani
- What’s so sexy about math? | Cédric Villani
- Let’s teach for mastery — not test scores | Sal Khan
- Why open a school? To close a prison | Nadia Lopez
- 3 rules to spark learning | Ramsey Musallam
- How to design a library that makes kids want to read | Michael Bierut