Education Issues (Audio)

Paola Antonelli, the senior curator of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, delves into design’s many directions and into its future. She takes us on a fascinating tour of design to ask some very serious questions. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 32113]

Students, administrators and academic researchers demonstrate the value of learning music in school as they show improvements in English and Math test scores, class attendance rates, cognitive development, self-esteem and the ability to work with others. Featured are Francisco Escobedo, the superintendent of the Chula Vista Elementary School District; UC San Diego cognitive scientists Terry Jernigan and John Iversen; and young musicians participating in the Community Opus Project, an in-school and after school music program led by Dalouge Smith, the president and CEO of the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 30835]

In today's global economy, a high-quality education is no longer just a pathway to success ̶ it is a prerequisite. Because economic progress and educational achievement go hand in hand, educating every American student for success in a new workforce is a national imperative. However, there are wide disparities in which students have access to advanced science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education ̶ subjects critical to future success. In this inaugural Sally Ride STEAM Series event, panelists Karen Flammer of UC San Diego, Dalouge Smith of the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory, Heather Lattimer of the University of San Diego and Francisco Escobedo, the Superintendent of the Chula Vista Elementary School District, explore the importance of STEAM to the innovation economy as well as how to best to ensure equity in education. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 31920]

Family bonding is on display here as Chris Mackey recounts what his father learned the first time he took the Strong Interest Inventory assessment and then again when he retired. It’s never too late to pursue your dreams—whether as a career or hobby! Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Humanities] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 31812]

Robotics at UC Berkeley have designed a small robot that can leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical jumps in a row, resulting in the highest robotic vertical jumping agility ever recorded. The agility of the robot opens new pathways of locomotion that were not previously attainable. The researchers hope that one day this robot and other vertically agile robots can be used to jump around rubble in search and rescue missions. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 31982]

With the help of UC Berkeley mentors, Bay Area high school students gather at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science to pit the robots they had built against one another. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Education] [Show ID: 31639]

The Art of Science Learning (AoSL) is a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that explores innovation at the intersection of art, science and learning, using the arts to spark creativity in science education and foster the development of an innovative 21st Century STEM workforce. AoSL’s current project, “Integrating Informal STEM and Arts-Based Learning to Foster Innovation”, has developed a new curriculum for adolescent and adult STEM learners that uses the arts to teach the innovation process, and has launched three year-long arts-based incubators for innovations in STEM products, processes or services, as well as in learning programs and initiatives, to test the new methodologies and approaches embodied in the curriculum. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Humanities] [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 30491]

Some 300 San Diego Unified high school students learn about STEAM career experiences from five innovators who present new technologies including electric cars, satellites that provide internet connections to airplanes and other moving vehicles, an algae-fueled Baja 1000 motorcycle, and state-of-the art bicycles. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 30773]

Computer scientist and educator Beth Simon of UC San Diego argues against old-school teaching styles and instead offers fresh ways to keep tech-phobic students engaged in class. Siimon is presented as part of The Constellation, a series of interviews hosted by Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego. Series: "Women in Science" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 30700]

Experts from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NOAA and UC San Diego capture the imaginations of high school students interested in green technology as they demonstrate how their research helps to protect and preserve the ocean. Ralph Keeling and Stephen Mayfield keynote on CO2 emissions and algae biotechnology, followed by Chef Rob Ruiz, Noelle Bowlin of NOAA and Jessica Blanton of Scripps on their careers in studying and serving sustainable fish. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Science] [Show ID: 30649]