Cuenta el tenor José Manuel Zapata que su relación con la música clásica le llegó por casualidad a los 18 años, pero que se enamoró de ella a la primera escucha. Fue entonces cuando decidió estudiar canto: de la Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid al Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia y, entre medias, diversas clases magistrales y cursos de perfeccionamiento con las más grandes figuras del canto. Últimamente, Zapata dedica su tiempo y su energía a la reinvención de su amada música clás...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast Tony Wagner is one of the most renowned experts working in education around the world. A high school teacher in the U.S. for more than a decade , he currently works at the Harvard Innovation Lab. For years he has advocated for a new approach to education. In fact, he is on the board of several educational institutions and public organizations. Wagner contends that the current educational model needs to change so that young people can build an assured future focused around what they want and what...
Feb 01, 2019•39 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast José Miguel Mulet es licenciado en Química y doctor en Bioquímica y Biología Molecular por la Universidad de Valencia. Profesor de Biotecnología en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, dirige una línea de investigación en el Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas que trata de desarrollar plantas tolerantes a la sequía y al frío. También dirige el Máster en Biotecnología Molecular y Celular de Plantas....
Jan 31, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey is a leading clinical psychologist and collaborates as child psychologist with British Channel 4's "The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds," an educational TV research experiment that glimpses into how children behave when grown-ups are not around. She is the author of “Unplugged Parenting,” a book that has helped hundreds of parents address key issues during the early years of their children’s development, especially related to the time they spend in front of screens. In h...
Jan 30, 2019•29 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast Luz Rello es, actualmente, investigadora universitaria en Estados Unidos. Pero en el pasado, fue una niña que sufrió el fracaso escolar como consecuencia de la dislexia. Según explica : “Cuando era pequeña soñaba con tener buenas notas, pero me esforzaba y no lo conseguía. Hasta que una profesora descubrió que tenía dislexia”. Y añade : “ La dislexia es un problema grave , pero tiene solución. Con la detección y el apoyo necesarios, se puede superar ”. Asegura que, según estudios científicos, so...
Jan 24, 2019•47 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast Boris Cyrulnik est psychiatre, neurologue, professeur à l’Université de Toulon (France) et auteur de livres telles comme ‘Les vilains petits canards’, ‘Résilience connaissances de base’ ou ‘Parler d’amour au bord du gouffre’. Il est considéré comme un référence internationale de la ‘résilience’, - la capacité de l’être humain pour surmonter la douleur -, Cyrulnik a survécu à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et au Nazisme à l’âge de six ans, quand il avait perdu a grand part de sa famille à Auschwitz. ...
Jan 23, 2019•52 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast Marcus du Sautoy is a writer, television host and mathematics professor at the University of Oxford. He is best known for hosting the BBC documentary “The Code” , which explains basic concepts regarding the historical use and meaning of numbers. He says : “Some scientists want to discover a theory for everything, while I look at it from a different perspective, from another place: articulating some limits, establishing some questions that science was never able to answer .”...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast José Antonio Fernández Bravo es docente, escribe e investiga sobre Educación y aprendizaje de la Matemática, así como sobre los procesos de enseñanza para la Innovación Educativa. Insiste en subrayar que , cuando hablamos de aprendizaje, la pregunta fundamental que nos debemos hacer no es cómo de bien realiza el niño los ejercicios que hace, sino cuánto bien le hacen al niño los ejercicios que realiza. " Ni existe ni existirá método alguno de enseñanza superior a la capacidad de aprendizaje del ...
Jan 22, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast For 30 years, Duncan Wardle worked for one of the most creative companies in the world: Walt Disney. It is his opinion that everyone is born creative. The problem is, at some point, someone told us that we are not. And we believed them. Wardle insists on the importance of re-connecting with the child we once were, and recovering creativity in all areas of life. "When we are trying to create great ideas, we have to play," he says....
Jan 18, 2019•37 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel J. Siegel is a medical doctor, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center and executive director of the Mindsight Institute. With a positive vision, Siegel argues that adolescence is a very special time, emotions are sparked, social connections made, and searches start for what's new and creative essence: “Adolescents have passion, a feeling that everything matters . They hav...
Jan 17, 2019•55 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast El filósofo y pedagogo José Antonio Marina es un teórico de la educación en toda la extensión de la palabra. Ha escrito numerosos ensayos basados en sus investigaciones sobre la inteligencia. Paralelamente, está impulsando una "movilización educativa" cuyo propósito es involucrar a toda la sociedad española en la tarea de mejorar la educación mediante un cambio cultural que aproveche la preocupación, la generosidad, la energía y el talento de miles de personas dispuestas a colaborar. Por y para ...
Jan 17, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Barbara Oakley is an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester and is a Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar in Global Digital Learning at McMaster University. She is director of the course 'Learning to learn' offered by Coursera, the largest online course in the world. Oakley is one of the international pioneers in the area of neuroeducation and winner of numerous teaching awards, such as the Chester F. Carlson Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. Oakley invi...
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station , spending almost 4,000 hours in space. Hadfield is one of the most experienced and accomplished astronauts in the world ; he was responsible for the shuttle´s communications during 25 launches, was NASA’s director of operations, chief of robotics at the Johnson Space Center, and chief of operations for the International Space Station. He also served as commander of the International Space Station wher...
Jan 15, 2019•58 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast This educator, writer and communicator , is a world leader in pedagogy. Robinson believes a profound transformation of the current education system is needed and maintains that the role of teachers is decisive. He argues that "It’s difficult to overstate the importance of teachers in your life" and adds: " It is a multi-faceted profession, one of the most demanding jobs a person can have. " As opposed to examinations and subject hierarchies, he defends creativity as one of the most important ski...
Jan 14, 2019•2 hr 49 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Considered to be one of the most influential psychologists of recent times, Daniel Goleman burst onto the international scene as the best-selling author of 'Emotional Intelligence' . Goleman maintains that we should teach our children how to practice and develop emotional intelligence. The psychologist stresses the fundamental importance that our ability to focus our attention plays in today's world, either as a way to practice self-control, to improve our ability to empathize with others, or be...
Jan 11, 2019•28 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast Considered to be one of the most influential female scientists of the twentieth century, Jane Goodall's eyes shine when she shares her stories from days past; today they have become life lessons about science and education: "Be curious and make mistakes, be patient and don't give up." this extraordinary woman reiterates. Doctor Goodall's research revolutionized the scientific community and fascinated the entire world with her National Geographic documentaries . Her perseverance, intuition, empat...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast A neurologist and a mother: that's how Frances Jensen, one of the most respected international researchers of the adolescent brain, defines herself. She is chair of the Neurology Department at the University of Pennsylvania . In her latest work 'The Teenage Brain' . " Teenagers are learning machines ," states this neurologist, although she qualifies that " they learn both the good and the bad equally well ." From her privileged position as a scientist, teacher, and mother, Jensen explores and di...
Jan 09, 2019•46 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Alter is a psychologist and professor in the Psychology Department at New York University, and a regular contributor to prestigious media like The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Wired, and Popular Science. Alter is the author of the U.S. best-selling book., ‘Irresistible’ , where he describes behavior that is harmful and addictive for our children and uses examples that will resonate with many. "If they always find the answer using a screen , children won’t learn to se...
Jan 08, 2019•31 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Professor of psychology at Stanford University , Carol Dweck is one of the leading researchers and international innovators in education due to her ground-breaking ideas about mindset, motivation, and development. Dweck created the concepts of fixed mindset , people who believe that intelligence is innate and unchangeable; and the growth mindset, those who believe that their skills can improve with training and effort. Through her research, she has concluded that parents, teachers, and educators...
Jan 04, 2019•41 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Tim Elmore is a popular American writer , trainer, and expert on the millennial generation. He is the founder of Growing Leaders , a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide real life leadership skills to students. He is the author of books such as ‘ Generation iY: Secrets to Connecting with Today's Teens & Young Adults in the Digital Age ’ and ‘ 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid: Leading Your Kids to Succeed in Life ’. In his work ‘ Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child ’ he is cri...
Jan 03, 2019•38 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast A doctor in physics and professor of educational technology at the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom), Sugata Mitra became world famous when TED, the organization that promotes technology, education and design, chose his talk as the most inspiring and with the greatest potential for change in 2013. He is also known for his “ Hole in the Wall ” experiment, which inspired the novel that later became the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’ Today, his educational proposal, SOLE (Self-Organized Learni...
Jan 02, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast A doctor in psychology and philosophy , Tal Ben-Shahar currently holds the record for the largest enrollment in an undergraduate course at Harvard University: over 1400 students per semester. His Positive Psychology course quickly earned professor Tal Ben-Shahar his “Happyness Professor” nickname among students. His theories, which draw on science to propose methods to live life with enthusiasm and happiness, have resonated far beyond his classrooms, and his books have become global bestsellers....
Dec 31, 2018•57 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast Dutch therapist and writer Eline Snel is Europe’s leading voice in mindfulness applied to education. Snel method’s, also known as the “frog” method due to its focus on attention and breathing taking cues from amphibian behavior, is applied in primary and secondary schools in countries such as France, Germany, Singapore and also Spain . According to Snel, although mindfulness, “ is not a magic wand ”, teaching it at schools is beneficial for children and teachers, one of the most demanded profess...
Dec 28, 2018•14 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast He is better known as the founder of the world’s most important collaborative projects : Wikipedia . His contribution to the promotion and dissemination of human knowledge has been recognized on many occasions including a Princesa de Asturias Award for international cooperation in 2015. Jimmy Wales is passionate about education, especially about the possibilities that informal learning currently opens up for people’s education. Named the sixth most influential person in the world, Wales believes...
Dec 27, 2018•21 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast A journalist and professor at Palo Alto High School (California, USA) for over 30 years, Esther Wojcicki is considered as a pioneer in the study of media literacy applied to education. Along with creativity, critical thinking and collaboration, Wojcicki holds that communication is one of the key skills that must be taught at schools to achieve a more relevant learning in the 21st century....
Dec 26, 2018•24 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast A distinguished professor at the University of Massachusetts and holder of a PhD in Philosophy, Robert Swartz is considered one of the most influential voices in education. Head of the Center for Teaching Thinking (CTT), Swartz is the creator of the Thought-Based Learning method (TBL), that teaches students to make decisions through critical thought and to think creatively and autonomously. For Swartz , thinking and reasoning properly is a social function, which is why it is so important that, a...
Dec 24, 2018•32 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Goldman is internationally renowned for being one of the three members of the New York theater company Blue Man Group. He explains , “As artists, we had the feeling that culturally, something was missing in schools.” Concerned by the future of society and education, in the year 2006 the Blue Men founded the Blue School in New York. “We realized the many aspects of the Blue Man Group, like social conscience, collaboration and the research approach could fit perfectly in the environment of a ...
Dec 20, 2018•31 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast It is one thing to think and study about ways to improve education, many people devote their lives to it. But only a few can actually talk from experience. Richard Gerver is one of them. The winner of “Best Head Teacher” in the British National Teaching Awards, Gerver is regarded as one of the most innovative and inspiring educational leaders of our time. He’s been asked to share his vision on education and human potential by many organizations and top-level athletes across the world. He’s writt...
Dec 19, 2018•44 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Marc Masip es psciólogo, director del Instituto Psicológico Desconect@ y experto en el tratamiento del uso abusivo de las nuevas tecnologías. En su libro ‘ Desconecta ’ plantea las bases de una “dieta digital” para superar nuestra elevada dependencia al móvil y mejorar nuestra relación con las pantallas. “España es el país con más adicción adolescente a Internet de toda Europa”. El problema de esto es que conectamos con algo o alguien virtual, pero desatendemos y desconectamos nuestras relacione...
Dec 18, 2018•37 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast For Kiran Bir Sethi , one thing’s clear: If there’s one thing that children should learn at school, that’s how to change the world. How? This Indian educator’s proposal is Design for Change, a movement that fosters children’s creativity and initiative to solve problems in their community, and that currently is present in over 60 countries. Sethi is also a founder of the Riverside schools , and there, she helps little students grow by saying ‘I can!” And of course, to the beat of a Bollywood tune...
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