377: The London Interdisciplinary School with Prof Carl Gombrich
LIS is building a new university based on interdisciplinarity and tackling complex real-world problems. Instead of specialising in a single subject area, our students learn through a problem-based interdisciplinary approach, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc).
Solutions to the world’s most complex and interconnected problems won’t come from a single specialism or subject. We need to bring together experts and knowledge from across the arts, sciences and humanities.
In a world faced by increasingly complex challenges, it’s never been more important to find new ways of learning. We need young people who are more versatile, more entrepreneurial, and more resilient than ever before. But the current education system is siloed, and students are forced down a singular academic path, pushing them to specialise in one subject area. At LIS, we think there’s a straightforward case for an interdisciplinary curriculum: problems are interdisciplinary, so our curriculum should be too.
The London Interdisciplinary School place a premium on teaching rather than research. They have brought together a diverse and outstanding group of academics, entrepreneurs, and educationalists. The LIS team includes philosophers, epidemiologists, artists, journalists, behavioural scientists, and mathematicians, as well as entrepreneurs and professionals.
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376: Diversity in teaching, teacher recruitment and retention with Dr. Joshua Fullard
Joshua Fullard is an Assistant Professor at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and a Research Associate at the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex.
His research can broadly fit into three categories: teachers and teacher labour markets, education inequalities and research methods. His work is regularly cited in the media, government reports and in parliamentary debates.
Dr Fullard received his PhD from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex and has previously held positions in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex, the Education Policy InstituteInstitute, and the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.ifo Institute in Munich.
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https://sites.google.com/view/joshuafullard/home
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Audio books
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375: Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep with Shahar Link
Shahar Link, the CEO and founder of Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep, has been at the forefront of the test preparation and academic excellence arena for over a decade.
With a career spanning 25 years, Shahar has honed his expertise in high school teaching and tutoring standardized tests, including the SAT and ACT. Holding a Master’s degree in History from Stanford University, where he delved into the history of IQ testing, Shahar founded Mindspire driven by the deep reward in empowering students to exceed their own expectations and achieve remarkable success in even the most formidable academic and mental endeavors.
Shahar’s exceptional contributions have not gone unnoticed. He has been featured as a quoted expert in the renowned US News & World Report and has been invited as a keynote speaker at numerous educational institutions, captivating audiences with his innovative approaches to learning.
Through Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep, Shahar has transformed the lives of countless students, providing them with invaluable strategies and guidance to conquer academic challenges and unleash their true potential.
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Resources Mentioned
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl
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374: How to become the solution to any problem with Tracy Pleschourt
Tracy Pleschourt is a certified professional and personal coach as well as an entrepreneur. She is also the founder of Self-Made U, a life coaching school that teaches men and women how to become the solution to any problem they face.
Alongside her daughter Gracie, who is 22, she also hosts the Tracy & Gracie Becoming Podcast, a show that gives life coaching advice from two different generational perspectives.
Tracy is a student of her own work and has stopped overeating, overdrinking, and has created a multi-six-figure business while teaching others to do the same. She dedicates her work to ambitious, life-long learners yearning for solutions and seeking a better way to create the results they desire and deserve.
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The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
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373: Raising financially responsible children with Kevin Whelan
Education, support and guidance to help parents, grandparents and relatives raise financially responsible children, teenagers and young adults.
Kevin Whelan is an economist, author, the Founder of WealthBuilders and one of the UK’s leading experts and authorities on SSAS Pensions (Small Self Administered Scheme).
Kevin and WealthBuilders are on a mission to help parents leave a financial legacy for their children and be great money role models.
WealthBuilders for Families provides education, support and connections to help bring financial conversations into the home and give children that much-needed financial confidence to hit the ground running when they start their careers.
Website
www.wealthbuilders.co.uk/families
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Resources Mentioned
The CASHFLOW Quadrant – Robert T. Kiyosaki
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
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