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Teaching

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Teaching.

Video playlists about Teaching

Talks from inspiring teachers

10 talks • 1h 49m

A great teacher can change the trajectory of your life. Here, talks from teachers you'll wish you had.

When school's out for the summer

8 talks • 1h 5m

Keep the brain sharp and engaged with these talks that make it fun to avoid the "summer slump."

Talks about Teaching

Monique W. Morris

Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school — and how to change that

Posted Jan 2019

Amy Herman

A lesson on looking

Posted Dec 2018

Mary Maker

Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me)

Posted Aug 2018

Sydney Chaffee

How teachers can help kids find their political voices

Posted Aug 2018

Tamekia MizLadi Smith

How to train employees to have difficult conversations

Posted Jul 2018

Jakob Magolan

A crash course in organic chemistry

Posted Jul 2018

tobacco brown

What gardening taught me about life

Posted May 2018

Gene Luen Yang

Comics belong in the classroom

Posted May 2018

Alvin Irby

How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader

Posted Mar 2018

Mohamad Jebara

This company pays kids to do their math homework

Posted Feb 2018

Matt Goldman

The search for "aha!" moments

Posted Jan 2018

Sue Jaye Johnson

What we don't teach kids about sex

Posted Jan 2018

Atul Gawande

Want to get great at something? Get a coach

Posted Dec 2017

Jon Bowers

We should aim for perfection — and stop fearing failure

Posted Nov 2017

Gus Casely-Hayford

The powerful stories that shaped Africa

Posted Oct 2017

Greg Gage

Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

Posted Oct 2017

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Exclusive articles about Teaching

Too many teachers in the US are struggling to get by. Here’s what we can do to help.

We entrust teachers with the world’s most important job: educating our kids, says researcher and dean Gregg Garn. So why aren’t we paying and treating them in a way that shows t...

Why video games shouldn’t freak parents out

An advocate for educational video games realizes that our kids might actually learn more from Civilization, Minecraft, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. Everything changed at ...

7 lessons about finding the work you were meant to do

You don’t “find your calling,” you fight for it — and other lessons from people who found their passion (sometimes late in life). Whether it was during a career aptitude test or...

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