how the touchpaper problems could save us all - researched 2013

Laura McInerney (@miss_mcinerney)

What problem in education would you

pay £1,000,000 to solve?

How the Millennium Prize problems could save us all


How the Millennium Prize problems could save us all


What are education’stouchpaper problems?

How the TouchPaper Problems could save us all


How the TouchPaper Problems could save us all

Laura McInerney (@miss_mcinerney)How the TouchPaper Problems could save us all

•Learning•Social Development•Principles/Rules• Justifications


•Timings •Locations•Methods•Data•Priorities


How do we bridge the Gap of Needs?


Millennium Prize Problems

The Prizes were conceived to record some of the most difficult problems with which mathematicians were grappling at the turn of the second millennium;to elevate in the consciousness of the general public the fact that in mathematics, the frontier is still open and abounds in important unsolved problems; to emphasize the importance of working towards a solution of the deepest, most difficult problems; and to recognize achievement in mathematics of historical magnitude.

7 £1 million 1 – 7/2013


What edge-of-practice questions do we have?


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Problems…..

Challenges….

What should education’stouchpaper problems look

like?


1. Specifically focused on cognitive &/or social development


2. Principle not invention3. A defined end-point

What are education’s #touchpaper problems?


What is the shortest period of a time in which a person with dyslexia can be taught to spell the 1000 most common words in English?


If a child needs to remember 20 chunks of knowledge from one lesson to the next, what is the most effective homework to set?


Conclusion:What are education’s

#touchpaper problems?


how the touchpaper problems could save us all - researched 2013

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laura mcinerney