All posts tagged Education

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November 16, 2011, No comments

How are we designing new systems that will help us remodel the way we live and learn?

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Food Day: Changing the Way We Consume and Produce Food

October 24, 2011, No comments

It’s scary to think that as diabetes and obesity among American children continue to increase – for the first time ever, this generation of ch ...

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Why Design Education Matters Now

June 27, 2011, No comments

It is difficult to define the good life in a way that honors the very different traditions of the world’s people. But we do know that the good life ...

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From a Can of Paint: Publicolor’s Use of Design in Transforming Schools and Students

June 24, 2011, No comments

CATALYST and Ruth Lande Shuman of Publicolor discuss how the interior spaces of schools have both profound effects on students and on learning experie ...

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    The Value of an Ivy League Degree
    April 8, 2011, 2 Comments

    William Deresiewicz’s article, The Disadvantages of an Elite Education, discusses the disparity in education for those that attend Ivy League universities and those that do not: an education that goes ...

  • Knewton & The Education Revolution
    February 16, 2011, No comments

    Traditional classrooms and textbooks provide the same material to every student, whereas Knewton will dynamically match lessons, videos, and practice problems to each student’s ideal learning arc.

  • Re-Designing Education
    January 4, 2011, No comments

    Students in the 21st century are faced with the challenge of learning about an interconnected world where knowledge is constantly developing. The IB Primary Years Program is an innovative education model designed to engage students and prep ...

  • The Khan Academy
    April 22, 2010, 3 Comments

    The Role of Education in Designing Wellbeing By Adam Zoltowski I can still remember vividly, in my past life as a political science student, a classroom debate about whether or ...