Raising Problem Solvers (by Art of Problem Solving) is a podcast for parents looking to design the best possible education plan for their K-12 students — whether they're crafting the entire experience themselves or looking to pointedly fill in the gaps.
Listen to brief conversations with STEM leaders, educators, and other parents like you as they design innovative and creative educational experiences for their students.
If you're looking to train resilient students prepared to solve problems they've never seen before - the true currency for 21st century success in academics, career, and life - this is the show for you.
Dr. Jim Clarke, Researcher at Sapienship joins the podcast to talk about how to make sure the great problem solvers of the next generation start thinking better about the world's biggest problems, his work with Sapienship, co-founded by Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari, and all the amazing resources they’re building for K12 students and teachers.
Guest Links
Sapienship
Unstoppable Us
Sapiens: A Graphic History
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30 Aug 2022
Wonder
Dr. Frank Keil (https://psychology.yale.edu/people/frank-keil), Professor of Cognitive Science and Director of the Cognition and Development Lab at Yale University, and author of the book, Wonder: Childhood and the Lifelong Love of Science, joins the podcast to talk about the academic superpower that is “wonder”, why generalist polymaths make for better specialists than specialists, and how to re-ignite wonder in our children if they’ve lost it along the way.
Guest Links
Wonder (Amazon)
Wonder (MIT Press)
Wonder (American Scientist Reviews)
Guest Resource Recommendations
Character Lab (https://characterlab.org/)
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society (https://www.sigmaxi.org/)
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23 Aug 2022
Learning STEM through Fiction
Dr. Pamela Cosman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-cosman-8645a95/) (Koz-mehn), Author and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of California, San Diego (http://cwc.ucsd.edu/) joins the podcast to talk about how to make STEM subjects more fun and engaging for kids, and the specific power of learning STEM through fiction.
Guest Links
Dr. Pamela Cosman’s Website (http://code.ucsd.edu/pcosman/)
The Secret Code Menace
The Hexagon Clue
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