Linda Zhang says she knows how to get students excited about learning: Wrap their lessons in real-world problems they want to solve.
Linda Zhang says she knows how to get students excited about learning: Wrap their lessons in real-world problems they want to solve.
About the speaker
Linda Zhang
Education innovator
Linda Zhang is a young innovator who invites us to rethink high-school education. She has led the effort to partner Australia’s leading startup incubator for students -- Generation Entrepreneur -- with city councils, universities and high schools around the country. She challenges schools to go beyond the textbook and unleash hidden learning potential by encouraging students to build practical solutions for real problems they’re passionate about solving.
About TED Institute
Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.
