In the last episode, I talked about how our education systems actively confiscate agency from our children, and why it’s important to shift that control back to the learner.
In this episode, we hear from Rosie (061 S225), Raymond (010 S1 E9), David (080 S3 E17), SJ (035 S2 09), Choi (083 S3 E20), Adrienne (085 S3 E22), Adrienne (071 S3 E8), Kentaro (073 S3 E10), Lauren (044 S2 E8), Ann (059 S2 E23), Antonio (033 S1 E32), Fran (064 S3 E1), The Intellectual Narcissist (043 S2 E7), Jae (037 S2 E1), Maryn (030 S1 E29), Jon (060 S2 E24), Miche (031 S1 E30), Bernd (078 S3E15), and Charli (068 S3 E5) about the purpose of education, what that means to various stakeholders, and/or whether or not we need a new one that enables the return of agency back to our students.
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If this is your first time tuning in, homeroom is a research project using the human-centered design process (disguised as a podcast) to redesign our education systems for collaboration and connection over competition and division.
In season one, we defined our problem: our mass education systems prioritize economic profit over human flourishing. In season two, we translated the problem into a redesign challenge: how might we redesign education systems to prioritize collaboration over competition? In season three, we explored that question in more depth, and in this season, I’ll be synthesizing everything our amazing guests have said over the past 2 years.
In the following season, we’ll start ideating. If you, or someone you know would like to be a part of this ideation process by being a guest on Season 5, please subscribe to this Substack, and join the conversation by sharing your thoughts and experiences in the discussion section.
