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Informative Summaries

1)      Molly Wright: How every child can strive by five

In her speech, seven-year old Molly Wright exhibits how simple games like peekaboo can go a long way to strengthen parent and kid relationship, and leave a long-lasting impact on children, capable of molding them into more successful future adults, and change the world. She evidences her assertions with a live demonstration which reveals the changing reaction of a young child during the moment the adult plays with him, and when the adult focusses on his work and doesn’t pay attention to him. Wright shows why and how spending more time with kids have valuable and permanent outcome on them.

 

2)      Kesia Mashik: Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection 

In her presentation, Kesia Mashik demonstrates that we store information according to what we receive, and not how we receive it, in rejection of the existence of any learning style, which is widely believed. She explains that we retain things more effectively when they have meaning to us, and they make sense because of our experience. Depending on what is it that we want to learn, she recommends the use of the appropriate sensory organ to ensure understanding and retention. Also, from her numerous experiments, she confidently affirms that it is erroneous to believe that there are any learning styles.

 

Non-informative summary

3)      NewHope Church: Don’t put people in boxes

This video by NewHope Church condemns the way people set limits in their interaction with others, based on prejudicial judgement against them. It reveals the inherent similarities embedded in the human nature first among people, and between mankind and God. Through an experiment conducted with men and women from all age groups, this video shows how irrespective of our different social status or feelings, we are all equal before our Maker.

 


Reference

·       Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED - YouTube

·       Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection | Tesia Marshik | TEDxUWLaCrosse - YouTube

·       Don't Put People in Boxes - YouTube

 

 

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