A podcast series brought to you from Stockholm by Kunskapsskolan Education (KED). Reflecting and connecting educators of more than 100 schools that use the KED Program for personalized learning across Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, India, USA and the Middle East. Working around the globe to personalize each student's education according to their individual needs and abilities. Empowering the students to master the challenges of today and shape the world of tomorrow.
Michael Duffy and Elie Bilmes (US): high-dosage tutoring changing lives and serving communities
Provide students with access to a quality education through high-dosage tutoring, envisioning an America where every child has the support of a tutor to enable them to realize their full human potential. Meet the GO Tutor Corps, where lives are changed, and communities are served. Hear in this KED Talk episode how Michael Duffy, President of the GO Foundation, and Elie Bilmes, Chief Program Officer of GO Tutor Corps, share their vision and experiences. Together with Christian Wetell, Kunskaps...
27 Mar 2025
Dr. Nandini Chatterjee Singh: Social Emotional Learning is a driver of inclusive wealth and societal well-being
Social Emotional Learning, or SEL, is not only a cornerstone of human capital but also a driver of inclusive wealth and societal well-being. And thus stands for enormous transformative potential. Join us in this KED Talk as we delve into the profound link between SEL and the concept of inclusive wealth. And hear how personal education can stimulate essential skills to create peaceful and sustainable societies. In a conversation with Dr. Nandini Chatterjee Singh, Senior National Program Office...
30 Jan 2025
Dr. Kaisa Vuorinen (University of Helsinki): See the Good!!
You could say they are two sides of the same coin. Complementary visions that overlap in the way they look at the education of young people. ‘See the Good’, developed by Dr. Kaisa Vuorinen from the University of Helsinki. And Kunskapsskolan Education, the personalized education approach developed in Sweden. Both focus on personal strengths and socio-emotional skills, with the ambition to create a positive educational impact. Both have the ambition to change the educational thinking. And both ...
19 Jun 2024
Kunskapsskolan Sweden: the original and future in one!
Kunskapsskolan education can be found all over the world. With ties across borders and contact between educators and students alike. KED Talk wants to build on that network, by creating a number of country portraits. In earlier episodes we travelled to India, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, the UK and the US. But in this KED Talk we return to where is has all started: Sweden.
Not solely to revisit the roots, but more to investigate what lessons learned we can pick up on. And what our most experienced Kunskapsskolan colleagues envisage for the future. We do this with Stina Jonsson, Kunskapsskolans director of upper secondary education and Marcus Brunberg, Kunskapsskolans head of establishing new schools. Together with Christian Wetell Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes.
15 May 2024
Kunskapsskolan US: entrepreneurial spirit that creates positive change in the community
What if schools wanted to support students to develop a sense of purpose, grow holistically, make a positive change in their community, explore their identity, curiosities, and passions and set goals and make choices about their learning? Well, you create a new school offering students personalized education based on the Kunskapsskolan model. And that is exactly what Katie Hahn and DJ Hartigan have done in New Jersey in the United States.
In this KED Talk we meet the both of them, as part of the Kunskapsskolan journey along the countries where the KED program is offered to students. In previous episodes we visited India, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, and the UK. And now we travel across the Atlantic to the eastern seaboard of the US and hear what it takes to not only start a new school, but also offering a completely different educational approach in a challenging environment. Hear about the entrepreneurial spirit of Katie and DJ and the things they had to overcome. Together with Christian Wetell Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes.
4 Apr 2024
Kunskapsskolan UK: ensuring all students have a personalized journey to success
Kunskapsskolan education can be found all over the world. With ties across borders and contact between educators and students alike. KED Talk wants to build on that network, by creating a number of country portraits. In earlier episodes we travelled to India, Saudi Arabia, and The Netherlands. In this KED Talk we visit the UK. Or more specific: we visit Shevington High School in Wigan. Where Headteacher Julian Grant and his team ensures that all pupils have a personalized journey to success. Taking a positive approach to identify and nurture the ability and talent in every learner and to ensure, through an array of experiences and opportunities, that everyone has the chance to shine. Listen to what is done in Shevington High School to prepare young people to become the citizens of the future. Together with Christian Wetell Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes.
19 Dec 2023
Kunskapsskolan Netherlands: battling for equal opportunities and later determination
In an earlier KED Talk episode, we zoomed in on 10 years of remarkable Kunskapsskolan development in India. After that, our KED Talk journey across the world brought us to Saudi Arabia. For the third episode in this series, we travel to The Netherlands. A small country on the map near the North Sea, where over the last eight years a very enthusiastic Kunskapsskolan community has emerged. Listen to how the Dutch have embraced personalized education. How they battle for equal opportunities and later determination. And hear what the impact of the KED program has been on the personal development of both students and staff in a predominantly knowledge driven Dutch educational landscape.
We discuss this with two colleagues who have been involved from the first day onwards: Kunskapsskolan Netherlands educational director Willemien Noordhof and school administrator, Duco Adema, also chairman of the Dutch Kunskapsskolan Community. Completed, as always, by Christian Wetell, Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes.
21 Sept 2023
Kunskapsskolan Saudi Arabia: all about young people becoming 'glocal' citizens
Kunskapsskolan education can be found all over the world. With ties across borders and contact between educators and students alike. KED Talk wants to build on that network, by creating a number of country portraits.
Before the summer break we had a close look into Kunskapsskolan India. In this episode, we shift our focus to Kunskapsskolan Saudi Arabia. To Nün Academy in Jeddah, to be exact. A school with over 900 students aiming to prepare its students – through bilingual education – for working in a global setting at the highest international standards.
How does that work? Why do parents say: ‘there is something different about this place’. And why is it stressed that Nüns’ international education does not come at the cost of the student’s heritage. We talk about this and many other things with Nirmeen Alireza, Academy Director of Nün Academy. And of course, with Christian Wetell Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes.
4 May 2023
Peje Emilsson: let's be part of a process where we get better education to everyone.
‘How do we make sure that every human being gets access to good education’? ‘How do we give all humans a better start in life’? Fundamental questions that have driven Peje Emilsson - the educational visionary behind and founding father of Kunskapsskolan education – throughout his life. Being a successful serial entrepreneur at the same time seeking answers to the things that really matter.
In this KED Talk we talk to Peje Emilsson himself. About the Kunskapsskolan initiative that has over the years changed the lives of many. About what brought him to the world of education. About the challenges that had to be overcome. And about his recent contribution to the truly first global study about education, organized by the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development on behalf of UNESCO and conducted by 260 education experts from 45 countries.
1 Mar 2023
10 years Kunskapsskolan India: a remarkable journey!
Kunskapsskolan India celebrates its tenth birthday. Having empowered many thousands of students with the knowledge and skills to meet the complex demands of a modern society in four schools in Gurgaon, Bengaluru, and Lucknow. With the KED model being vastly different from the traditional educational approach in India.
In this KED Talk two educators who were part and parcel of the last ten years - Sunitha Nambiar, CEO and program director of Kunskapsskolan in India and Sabreena Talwar, Head of School at Kunskapsskolan Gurgaon - share their experience in this remarkable journey. Together with Christian Wetell, Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan globally and co-host of all KED Talk episodes. Furthermore, we talk to Kunskapsskolan students in India and hear the impressions of Swedish students recently visiting the country.
19 Jan 2023
Kunskapsskolan and its critical friends: the independent Scientific Board
Kunskapsskolan not only has an established educational model and elaborate quality management system. It also nurtures educational science, advised by a independent Scientific Board. In this KED Talk we hear from two distinguished members of this board - Anette Olin and Petri Partanen. How does the Board operate? What challenges do they see? We find out in an in-depth conversation, together with KED Talk host Christian Wetell - Director of Education within Kunskapsskolan.
20 Dec 2022
The Kunskapsskolan International Network: exchange on a daily basis
Kunskapsskolan education is a global affair. With a vibrant community of professionals exchanging knowledge, experience and development on a daily basis. In this KED Talk we take a deep dive into this international network. How does it work, what does it take to develop, what added values are achieved. We explore this with two Kunskapsskolan specialists from Stockholm - Kenneth Nyman, Director International Operations of Kunskapsskolan, and Cecilia Aronsson, the KED Network Director - together with two Kunskapsskolan networkers. From India Ramanjit Khinda, Vice Principal Kunskapsskolan International, and from Sweden Lars Jonsson, Principal of Kunskapsskolan Västerås.
29 Nov 2022
Talking to Kunal Bhadoo, the founder of Kunskapsskolan India
India is a key partner in the world of Kunskapsskolan education. Since 2013 empowering many thousands of students with the knowledge and skills to meet the complex demands of a modern society as responsible individuals. But the presence of Kunskapsskolan in India is largely due to the vision and initiative of one man: Kunal Bhadoo. More than ten years ago, he saw the necessity and possibilities for personalized education in India, established the contact with Kunskapsskolan in Stockholm and initiated the founding of the Kunskapsskolan schools in India.
On the brink of the first ten-year anniversary of the Kunskapsskolan presence in India, KED Talk spoke to the Kunskapsskolan India founder himself. About what drove him, about the challenges he met and the outlook for de near future.
27 Oct 2022
Kunskapsskolan and the essence of educational quality
This KED Talk is about educational quality. With two very special guests: Kenneth Nyman and Christian Wetell, respectively Director International Operations of Kunskapsskolan and Director of Education of Kunskapsskolan in Stockholm. KED Talk had a frank and profound conversation with them about the essence and further development of the Kunskapsskolan EDucation program, about the quality of education and the transitions in schools in different parts of the world. Recorded during the Kunskapsskolan Community Event on October 7 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This is the second and final KED Talk in a series of two. Also listen to the first one, in which Kunskapsskolan founders Cecilia Carnefeldt and Torbjörn Bindekrans talk candidly about their mutual experiences and challenges in developing Kunskapsskolan education over the past 20 years.
20 Oct 2022
Travel to the roots of Kunskapsskolan EDucation!
In this KED Talk a conversation with two founders of Kunskapsskolan: Cecilia Carnefeldt and Torbjörn Bindekrans. The first is CEO of Kunskapsskolan worldwide and the second the very founder of KED EDucation program. A candid conversation – recorded during the Kunskapsskolan Community Event on October 7 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands - about their mutual experiences and challenges in developing Kunskapsskolan education over the past 20 years.
This is the first KED Talk in a series of two. Also listen to the second episode from October 27 onwards, in which Kunskapsskolan education experts Kenneth Nyman and Christian Wetell talk about the essence and development of the Kunskapsskolan EDucation program, about education quality and the transitions in schools in different parts of the world. Also recorded during the Kunskapsskolan Community Event on October 7 in Amsterdam.
7 Jul 2022
How to address the challenges of personalized education
Self-regulating learners, Personalized education, and Kunskapsskolan Education, seem familiar. Both from the perspective of the student and the teacher. But is this really the case? Not all teachers have a clear definition of personalized learning. Or what tools can be used to support students to take more ownership of their learning, to be more self-regulating.
Recently, in a global UNESCO report, personalized education was labeled the best way forward for education and learning globally. But how to realize that? What is needed to make it work? What are the challenges? In this KED Talk we provide the answers by talking to two seasoned professionals. From London Pritpal Chandan, chemistry teacher and Director of Curriculum Development at Kunskapsskolan. And from Rotterdam Christa de Graauw, for many years the leading trainer & coach of teachers within Kunskapsskolan Netherlands.
29 Jun 2022
UNESCO: personalized education is a human right!
According to a recent UNESCO report, on which 300 experts from 45 countries have been working since 2019, most parents, teachers, and students in the world demand things from education that personalized learning can provide. The UNESCO report is a global attempt to identify a way forward for education and learning. Concluding that every student learns differently and thus receiving appropriate personalized education should be regarded as a human right.
In this KED Talk we explore the report and its implications. With from New Delhi director Anantha Duraiappah of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, one of the co-chairs of the UNESCO research project. And from Stockholm Christian Wetell, Director of Education at Kunskapsskolan and a seasoned expert with regard to personalized education in general and the Kunskapsskolan EDucation program in particular.
Podcast Authority Score: 9 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
18
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
0
Contact KED Talk
Guest appearances
Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of KED Talk?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
