Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]

Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education

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November 19, 2009
What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds.

About the Image

Students at the Nepalese Karuna-Shechen Bamboo School fly kites painted by Canadian students and given by Adele Diamond and her husband.

+ (photo: Adele Diamond)

Program Details

Hear the Music

» The Music of
El Sistema

The great young conductor Gustavo Dudamel, a product of El Sistema, leads the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Listen musicians from 18 to 28 play Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mahler, and Marquez! Lovely.

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SoundSeen (our multimedia stories)

» In the Room with Adele Diamond [video, 64:41]

From a hotel in downtown Vancouver, Krista and Diamond discuss education and its roles, cognitive development in children, the importance of social dramatic play, and more.

» Dramatic Play + the Developing Brain [slideshow, 5:10]

An improvisational storytelling class of 5th and 6th graders draw on Adele Diamond's educational philosophy and demonstrate three important executive functions.

SOF Observed

» First Time Flying a Kite
[video, 2:15]

Children at a Nepalese "bamboo school" discover new joy in the act of flying kites from children in Canada.

» "For His Holiness the Dalai Lama"

We highlight some of the passages Adele Diamond presented to the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala — including texts from Rabbi Heschel, Bashevis Singer, Rachel Naomi Remen, and Henri Nouwen.

» Producing "Dramatic Play + the Developing Brain"

A bit of the backdrop for producing a slideshow about executive function for this program.

» Echoes of the Golden Rule

Karen Armstrong prefers Hillel's version; Adele Diamond prefers Jesus' variation. Both take away a call to action. Hear them both.

» Tools of the Mind

A New York Times article features Adele Diamond's work the weekend before our interview.

» Learn More About Adele Diamond's Work

A conference organized by Adele Diamond that "takes the research out of the ivory tower and addresses how it applies to what people do."

Unheard Cuts

» Unedited Interview with Adele Diamond
(mp3, 68:20)

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Adele Diamond
Diamond is a cognitive developmental neuroscientist who currently teaches at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

About the Image

Students at the Nepalese Karuna-Shechen Bamboo School fly kites painted by Canadian students and given by Adele Diamond and her husband.
(photo: Adele Diamond)