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José Antonio Fernández Bravo  es docente, escribe e investiga sobre Educación y aprendizaje de la Matemática, así como sobre los procesos de enseñanza para la Innovación Educativa. Insiste en subrayar que , cuando hablamos de aprendizaje, la pregunta fundamental que nos debemos hacer no es cómo de bien realiza el niño los ejercicios que hace, sino cuánto bien le hacen al niño los ejercicios que re...

For 30 years, Duncan Wardle worked for one of the most creative companies in the world: Walt Disney. It is his opinion that everyone is born creative. The problem is, at some point, someone told us that we are not. And we believed them. Wardle insists on the importance of re-connecting with the child we once were, and recovering creativity in all areas of life. "When we are trying to create great...

El filósofo y pedagogo José Antonio Marina es un teórico de la educación en toda la extensión de la palabra. Ha escrito numerosos ensayos basados en sus investigaciones sobre la inteligencia. Paralelamente, está impulsando una "movilización educativa" cuyo propósito es involucrar a toda la sociedad española en la tarea de mejorar la educación mediante un cambio cultural que aproveche la preocupaci...

Daniel J. Siegel is a medical doctor, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center and executive director of the Mindsight Institute. With a positive vision, Siegel argues that adolescence is a very special time, emotions are sparked, social connections made, and searches start for what...

Barbara Oakley is an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester and is a Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar in Global Digital Learning at McMaster University. She is director of the course 'Learning to learn' offered by Coursera, the largest online course in the world. Oakley is one of the international pioneers in the area of neuroeducation and winner of numerous teaching awards, s...

Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station , spending almost 4,000 hours in space. Hadfield is one of the most experienced and accomplished astronauts in the world ; he was responsible for the shuttle´s communications during 25 launches, was NASA's director of operations, chief of robotics at the Johnson Space Center, and chief of operations for...

This educator, writer and communicator , is a world leader in pedagogy. Robinson believes a profound transformation of the current education system is needed and maintains that the role of teachers is decisive. He argues that "It's difficult to overstate the importance of teachers in your life" and adds: " It is a multi-faceted profession, one of the most demanding jobs a person can have. " As opp...

Considered to be one of the most influential psychologists of recent times, Daniel Goleman burst onto the international scene as the best-selling author of 'Emotional Intelligence' . Goleman maintains that we should teach our children how to practice and develop emotional intelligence. The psychologist stresses the fundamental importance that our ability to focus our attention plays in today's wor...

Considered to be one of the most influential female scientists of the twentieth century, Jane Goodall's eyes shine when she shares her stories from days past; today they have become life lessons about science and education: "Be curious and make mistakes, be patient and don't give up." this extraordinary woman reiterates. Doctor Goodall's research revolutionized the scientific community and fascina...

A neurologist and a mother: that's how Frances Jensen, one of the most respected international researchers of the adolescent brain, defines herself. She is chair of the Neurology Department at the University of Pennsylvania . In her latest work 'The Teenage Brain' . " Teenagers are learning machines ," states this neurologist, although she qualifies that " they learn both the good and the bad equa...

Adam Alter is a psychologist and professor in the Psychology Department at New York University, and a regular contributor to prestigious media like The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Wired, and Popular Science. Alter is the author of the U.S. best-selling book., 'Irresistible' , where he describes behavior that is harmful and addictive for our children and uses examples that...

Professor of psychology at Stanford University , Carol Dweck is one of the leading researchers and international innovators in education due to her ground-breaking ideas about mindset, motivation, and development. Dweck created the concepts of fixed mindset , people who believe that intelligence is innate and unchangeable; and the growth mindset, those who believe that their skills can improve wit...

Tim Elmore is a popular American writer , trainer, and expert on the millennial generation. He is the founder of Growing Leaders , a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide real life leadership skills to students. He is the author of books such as ' Generation iY: Secrets to Connecting with Today's Teens & Young Adults in the Digital Age ' and ' 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid: Lead...

A doctor in physics and professor of educational technology at the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom), Sugata Mitra became world famous when TED, the organization that promotes technology, education and design, chose his talk as the most inspiring and with the greatest potential for change in 2013. He is also known for his " Hole in the Wall " experiment, which inspired the novel that later...

A doctor in psychology and philosophy , Tal Ben-Shahar currently holds the record for the largest enrollment in an undergraduate course at Harvard University: over 1400 students per semester. His Positive Psychology course quickly earned professor Tal Ben-Shahar his "Happyness Professor" nickname among students. His theories, which draw on science to propose methods to live life with enthusiasm an...

Dutch therapist and writer Eline Snel is Europe's leading voice in mindfulness applied to education. Snel method's, also known as the "frog" method due to its focus on attention and breathing taking cues from amphibian behavior, is applied in primary and secondary schools in countries such as France, Germany, Singapore and also Spain . According to Snel, although mindfulness, " is not a magic wand...

He is better known as the founder of the world's most important collaborative projects : Wikipedia . His contribution to the promotion and dissemination of human knowledge has been recognized on many occasions including a Princesa de Asturias Award for international cooperation in 2015. Jimmy Wales is passionate about education, especially about the possibilities that informal learning currently o...

A journalist and professor at Palo Alto High School (California, USA) for over 30 years, Esther Wojcicki is considered as a pioneer in the study of media literacy applied to education. Along with creativity, critical thinking and collaboration, Wojcicki holds that communication is one of the key skills that must be taught at schools to achieve a more relevant learning in the 21st century.

A distinguished professor at the University of Massachusetts and holder of a PhD in Philosophy, Robert Swartz is considered one of the most influential voices in education. Head of the Center for Teaching Thinking (CTT), Swartz is the creator of the Thought-Based Learning method (TBL), that teaches students to make decisions through critical thought and to think creatively and autonomously. For Sw...

Matt Goldman is internationally renowned for being one of the three members of the New York theater company Blue Man Group. He explains , "As artists, we had the feeling that culturally, something was missing in schools." Concerned by the future of society and education, in the year 2006 the Blue Men founded the Blue School in New York. "We realized the many aspects of the Blue Man Group, like soc...

It is one thing to think and study about ways to improve education, many people devote their lives to it. But only a few can actually talk from experience. Richard Gerver is one of them. The winner of "Best Head Teacher" in the British National Teaching Awards, Gerver is regarded as one of the most innovative and inspiring educational leaders of our time. He's been asked to share his vision on edu...

Marc Masip es psciólogo, director del Instituto Psicológico Desconect@ y experto en el tratamiento del uso abusivo de las nuevas tecnologías. En su libro ' Desconecta ' plantea las bases de una "dieta digital" para superar nuestra elevada dependencia al móvil y mejorar nuestra relación con las pantallas. "España es el país con más adicción adolescente a Internet de toda Europa". El problema de est...

For Kiran Bir Sethi , one thing's clear: If there's one thing that children should learn at school, that's how to change the world. How? This Indian educator's proposal is Design for Change, a movement that fosters children's creativity and initiative to solve problems in their community, and that currently is present in over 60 countries. Sethi is also a founder of the Riverside schools , and the...

Diplomada en Magisterio, Imma Marín es una firme defensora del juego en la infancia. Ejerce en la actualidad como consultora de educación y formación a través del juego y es presidenta de la IPA en España, la Asociación Internacional por el derecho de los niños y niñas a jugar. Como experta en aprendizaje lúdico , asegura que la función principal de los juguetes debe ser divertir. " El juego tiene...

Carlos Hipólito inició su carrera como actor en 1976, aunque su amor por la interpretación surgió mucho antes, cuando de niño acudía con su madre al Teatro María Guerrero . Durante los últimos 40 años se ha convertido en uno de los grandes referentes del teatro, cine y televisión. " El teatro debe ser un espejo para la sociedad , para que hagamos preguntas al espectador desde el escenario, para qu...