Episode description
How do teachers learn how to teach? They go through a whole process of licensing, and academic theory, but where do teachers practice teaching?
Justin Reich is an Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, as well as the Director for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, a space where teachers can practice how to teach. He’s compiled nearly two decades of experience into a book, Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can't Transform Education, and hosts a podcast called TeachLab.
As a veteran of the education space, Justin feels that there's no tech based magic bullet that somehow can improve the country's gigantic education system: it’s going to come down to having the best teachers.
And you get the best teachers, just like how coaches get the best athletes, by creating a safe space where people can experiment, fail, reflect, try again, and practice, practice, practice.
With a new year just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to think about turning over a new leaf when it comes to teaching, so with that…let’s bring it in!