WISE On Air

On this week's episode, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with Dr. Patrick Awuah founder and president of Ashesi University to discuss the African education eco-system, higher ed and how can ethical leaders transform a continent.

On this episode of WISE Words, Stavros Yiannoukka is joined by co-founder of Caribou Biosciences, Rachel Haurwitz as they discuss science, gene editing and CRISPR-based technologies.

Rachel Haurwitz:

Website: www.cariboubio.com

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

Conrad Wolfram has been a prominent proponent of education reform in mathematics to rebuild curriculums towards a computer-based mathematics.

Join Stavros Yiannouka in this episode to discover what computer-based maths is and the applications of computational thinking.

Conrad Wolfram:

Twitter: @conradwolfram

Website: www.conradwolfram.com

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

In this episode of WISE Words, Stavros Yiannouka talks to the President of Miami Dade College, Eduardo Padrón to discuss the model of community college and the importance of making education equitable in the US.

Eduardo Padrón:

Twitter: @EduardoJPadron

Website: www.mdc.edu/about/

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

In this episode of WISE Words, Stavros Yiannouka and Billy Grayson discuss Grayson's interesting education background and how it equipped him to take a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.

Billy Grayson:

Twitter: @GraysonBilly

Website: https://www.bbstrat.com/

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

In this episode, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with founder and CEO of Barefoot College, Meagan Fallone, to learn about how vocational training can effectively be inclusive and contextual.

Meagan Fallone:

Twitter: @barefootmfc

Website: www.barefootcollege.org

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

On this episode of WISE Words, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with founder and CEO of Roboterra, Inc., Yao Zhang to discuss her beginnings in the Chinese schooling system and entrepreneurship within education.

Yao Zhang:

Twitter: @zhangyaoy

Website: www.roboterra.com

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

In this week's episode of WISE Words, Yalda Hakim and Stavros Yiannouka discuss identity and the importance of media literacy.

Yalda Hakim:

Twitter: @BBCYaldaHakim

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

On this episode of WISE Words, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with Shannon May to discuss the beginnings of Bridge International Academies and why the Bridge model works. They also address some of the criticisms Bridge has received over the years.

Shannon May:

Twitter: @drshannonmay

Website: www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/

On this week's episode, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with German statistician, Andreas Schleicher, to discuss PISA, what makes a successful education system, and they get the chance to address some of the criticisms behind standardized tests.

Andreas Schleicher:

Twitter: @SchleicherOECD

Website: http://www.oecd.org/education/

WISE:

Twitter: @WISE_Tweets

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/WISEQatar

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wiseqatar/

Website: www.wise-qatar.org/