2030- SDG 4- Quality Education- Ted talks
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the transformative impact of education on global society, highlighting the 'education revolution' that has seen increased literacy and access to higher education. It underscores the cognitive benefits of even basic education, such as improved abstract thinking and problem-solving. The script also addresses the critical role of education in addressing public health issues like HIV and in reducing high birth rates. Personal narratives from Ghana illustrate the profound effects of education on individual lives and communities, emphasizing the need for a revolution in educational systems to harness and develop natural talents, ultimately leading to societal advancement.
Takeaways
- 🌐 The world is experiencing an 'education revolution' with increased access to education globally.
- 📈 There's been a significant rise in the number of people accessing higher education, especially among the youth.
- 🧠 Even minimal education can enhance cognitive skills, leading to more abstract thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- 🏥 Basic education has been instrumental in combating diseases like HIV by improving understanding and prevention.
- 📚 Education is a powerful tool in addressing social issues such as childhood obesity and smoking.
- 👨👩👧👦 The importance of female education is highlighted, as educated mothers can significantly improve family health and well-being.
- 🏫 The establishment of schools, particularly for girls, can protect them from harmful practices and provide a safe learning environment.
- 💼 Education is crucial for economic opportunities, with a better-educated workforce being more competitive in the global market.
- 📉 There's a concerning trend of decreasing educational quality for a significant portion of the population, impacting social mobility.
- 🔍 The speaker's foundation has been investing in educational improvements, recognizing the importance of great teachers in student success.
- 🌟 The script calls for a transformation, not just reform, in education to uncover and nurture individuals' natural talents.
Q & A
What is referred to as the 'education revolution' in the script?
-The 'education revolution' refers to the global increase in education levels, where more people now have access to schools and universities, leading to a more educated world population.
How has education impacted people's cognitive abilities according to the script?
-The script suggests that even small amounts of education help people think more abstractly and enhance their cognitive skills to solve new problems.
What was the tragic misunderstanding about HIV mentioned in the script?
-The tragic misunderstanding mentioned was that an uneducated man believed that wearing a condom would prevent HIV transmission from a blood transfusion.
How has basic education contributed to saving lives worldwide according to the speaker?
-Basic education has contributed to saving millions of lives by providing people with the knowledge to prevent diseases and make informed decisions about their health.
What is the significance of education in reducing high birth rates in certain parts of the world?
-The speaker implies that when mothers have some education, it leads to lower birth rates, highlighting the importance of education in family planning and societal development.
Why did the village mothers request a school for girls in the script?
-The village mothers requested a school for girls to provide a safe place for them, as girls faced risks such as rape and societal blame for issues like pregnancy out of wedlock.
What was the father's reaction to the idea of a school for girls in the village?
-The fathers wanted a school for boys, but after discussions, they agreed to the idea of a school for girls and showed commitment by donating land for its construction.
How does the speaker describe the current state of education in the United States?
-The speaker indicates that while the U.S. education system has been successful for the top 20 percent of students, it is failing the majority, with many not receiving a quality education and facing limited opportunities.
What is the speaker's view on the role of teachers in the education system?
-The speaker believes that having great teachers is the key to improving education and that the current system does not make good use of people's talents, often dislocating them from their natural abilities.
What does the speaker call for in terms of educational reform?
-The speaker calls for a revolution in education, not just evolution, as the current model is broken and needs to be transformed into something else to truly enhance learning and talent development.
Outlines
🌟 The Impact of Education Revolution
The speaker discusses the global education revolution, noting the significant increase in educational access and literacy rates over the past century. The darker color of countries on a map represents higher levels of education, indicating a dramatic shift in global knowledge. The speaker emphasizes the cognitive benefits of even basic education, such as improved abstract thinking and problem-solving skills. A case study in Ghana highlights the stark contrast between educated and uneducated individuals' understanding of HIV, illustrating the life-saving potential of education. The narrative also touches on the societal benefits of education, such as reduced child mortality rates and the empowerment of women, as exemplified by the establishment of a girls' school in a village, which offers a safe and educational environment for girls who would otherwise face early marriage and other challenges.
📚 The Need for Educational Reform
The speaker addresses the current state of the U.S. education system, acknowledging its past success in producing a top 20 percent of students who have driven innovation. However, they express concern over the diminishing strength of this advantage and the widening educational gap. The speaker points out the economic implications of this gap, as opportunities are increasingly limited to those with advanced education. They discuss the foundation's efforts to improve education through various initiatives, such as funding scholarships and libraries, but ultimately conclude that these are not enough. The speaker argues for a revolutionary approach to education, rather than mere evolution, to uncover and nurture individuals' natural talents. They emphasize the importance of education in identifying and developing one's authentic self and the need for a system that does not simply improve upon the broken model but transforms it entirely.
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Keywords
💡Education Revolution
💡Cognitive Enhancement
💡Literacy
💡Higher Education
💡Abstract Thinking
💡Social Vaccine
💡Gender and Education
💡Talent Dislocation
💡Educational Reform
💡Equal Opportunity
💡Natural Talents
Highlights
An education revolution is occurring worldwide, with more people gaining access to education.
Countries with darker colors on the map are more educated, indicating a dramatic change in education levels.
In just 50 years, the world has shifted from a majority illiterate to a more educated population.
One out of five youths globally are now in higher education.
Education enhances cognitive skills, enabling abstract thinking and problem-solving.
In Ghana, education has been crucial in understanding and combating HIV.
Basic education has saved millions of lives by improving health literacy.
Education is a social vaccine against diseases like childhood obesity and the smoking epidemic.
High birth rates in some regions can be mitigated by educating mothers.
The importance of education is personal, as it can change the trajectory of one's life.
In some villages, the desire for education, especially for girls, is high due to safety concerns.
A new school for girls in Ghana is a beacon of hope, preventing child marriage and mutilation.
Education is key to empowering women and changing societal norms.
The US education system has been successful for the top 20% of students but is failing the rest.
Economic opportunities are increasingly tied to education levels, exacerbating inequality.
Over 30% of kids never finish high school, with minority kids having an even higher rate.
For low-income individuals in the US, the chance of going to jail is higher than getting a degree.
Investments in education should focus on creating great teachers to drive quality education.
Education should uncover and develop natural talents, which are often hidden.
Education systems worldwide need a revolution, not just evolution, to truly transform.
Transcripts
[Music]
what happens to the world when it
becomes education educated what's
happening is what we can call an
education revolution all over the world
people are getting more and more
educated people who did not have access
to schools and universities now do the
darker the color of the country behind
me the more educated the entire
population is this has been a dramatic
effect in just about a hundred years
your grandparents or your if you're
young your grandparents parents lived in
a world where the average person in the
world was illiterate that's changed in
just 50 years it's not only Basic
Education now one out of five people
around the world who are youth are in
some kind of higher education
what is this done to the world and we
found that even small amounts of
education help people think in very
different ways they tend to think more
abstractly they tend to be able to
marshal their cognitive enhanced skills
to solve new problems we also have gone
to Africa we went to Ghana north of a
crawl same kinds of folks but here we
ask what's the effects of all this
cognitive enhancement and we focused on
what people understood about the tragic
HIV and we looked at people without
education people with education we were
interviewing a man who had no education
was he literate and he passed around
this kind of material all the time the
West has spent billions and billions of
dollars on getting the simple facts out
and so we asked him as we did everybody
about some causes of HIV and we said can
you get HIV from a blood transfusion
his face lit up and he said yes but not
if you wear a condom
it's funny and tragic this man does not
have the skills to put together a
working theory of that disease education
basic education has saved millions of
lives all around the world we need to
start to understand this both
scientifically and politically education
is the major social vaccine against all
kinds of diseases rising childhood
obesity worldwide the smoking epidemic
in Asia the high birth rates in the
southern part of the world which are
still very large and very problematic
keeping children lives the number one
factor is if the mothers had some
education I went to school I went to
school not because the math is women or
girls were going to school because my
mother was denied an education if she
constantly reminded me and my siblings
that she never wanted us to live the
life she was living if I went back I
started talking to the men to the
village and mothers and I said I want to
give back the way I had promised you
that I would come back and help you what
do you need if I speak to the women they
told me you know what we need we really
need a school for girls because they had
not been any school for girls and the
reason they wanted the school for girls
is because when a girl is raped when she
is walking to school
the mother is blamed for that if she got
pregnant before she got married the
mother is blamed for that if she is
punished she's beaten they said we
wanted to put our girls in a safe place
and so as we moved and I went to talk to
her father's the father's of course you
can imagine what they said we want a
school for boys and I said well there
are a couple of many men from my village
who have been out and they have got an
education why can't they build a school
for boys and I met build a school for
girls that made sense and they agreed
and I told them I wanted them to show me
a sign of commitment and it is they
donated land where we built the golf
school we have
as a new dawn is happening in my school
a new beginning is happening girls as we
speak right now 125 girls will never be
mutilated 125 girls will not be married
when they're 12 years old
125 girls are creating and achieving
their dreams this is the thing that we
are doing giving them opportunities so
they can rise if we speak right now
women and not being beaten because of
the revelations we started in our
community let's start with why this is
important well all of us here all bat
have some great teachers we all had a
wonderful education that's part of the
reason we're here today part of the
reason we're successful I can say that
even though I'm a college dropout I had
great teachers and in fact in the United
States the teaching system has worked
fairly well there are fairly effective
teachers in a narrow set of places so
the top 20 percent of students have
gotten a good education and those top 20
percent have been the best in the world
if you measure them against the other
top 20 percent and they've gone on to
create the revolutions in software and
biotechnology and keep the us at the
forefront now the strength for those top
20 percent is starting to fade on a
relative basis but even more concerning
is the education that the balance of
people are getting not only is that been
weak it's getting weaker and if you look
at the economy it really is only
providing opportunities now to people
with a better education and so we have
to change this we have to change it so
that people have equal opportunity we
have to change it so that the country is
strong and stays in the forefront of
things that are are driven by advanced
education like science and mathematics
when I first learned the statistics I
was pretty stunned how
that things are over 30% of kids never
finish high school for minority kids
it's over 50% and even if you graduate
from high school if you're low income
you have less than a 25% chance of ever
completing a college degree if you're
low income in United States you have a
higher chance of going to jail than you
do of getting a four-year degree and
that you know doesn't seem entirely fair
so how do you make education better our
foundation for the last nine years is
invested in this there's many people
working on it we've worked on small
schools we funded scholarships we've
done things in libraries a lot of these
things had a good effect but the more we
looked at it the more we realized that
having great teachers was the very key
thing I believe fundamentally as many
speakers have said during the past few
days that we make very poor use of our
talents very many people go through the
whole lives having no real sense of what
their talents may be or if they have any
just be college I meet all kinds of
people who don't think they're very good
at anything I meet all kinds of people
who don't enjoy what they do they simply
go through their lives getting on with
it they get no great pleasure from what
they do they endure it rather than enjoy
it and wait for the weekend but I also
meet people who love what they do
and couldn't imagine doing anything else
if you set them don't do this anymore
they'd wonder what you're talking about
because it isn't what they do it's who
they are they say but this is me you
know it would be foolish for me to
abandon this because it speaks my most
authentic self and it's not true of
enough people in fact on the contrary I
think it's sort of a minority of people
and I think there are many possible
explanations for it and high among them
is education because education in a way
dislocating very many people from their
natural talents and human resources are
like Natural Resources they're often
buried deep you have to go looking for
them they're not just lying around on
the surface you have to create the
circumstances where they show themselves
and you might imagine education would be
the way that happens but too often it's
not every education system in the world
is being reformed at the moment and it's
not enough reform is no use anymore
because that's simply improving a broken
model what we need in the words we use
many times during the course the past
few days is not evolution but a
revolution in education this has to be
transformed into something else
[Applause]
[Music]
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