TEDxPSU 2010.10.21---Sam Richards :一種激進實驗移情

TEDxPSU 2010.10.21---Sam Richards :一種激進實驗移情
TEDxPSU - Sam Richards - A Radical Experiment in Empathy 2010.10.21
Sam Richards is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester, 725 students register for his Race and Ethnic Relations course, one of the most popular classes at Penn State and the largest of its kind in the country. Through his natural ability of seeing a subject from many angles, Richards encourages students to engage more fully with the world and to think for themselves — something he did not do until his third year in college. Because of his passion for challenging students to open their minds, an interviewer recently referred to him as "an alarm clock for eighteen-year-olds."


His career began at the age of 24 when he was hired to teach a cybernetics course — just 15 minutes before the first class meeting. He remembers walking into the room without having had a moment to create a lesson plan and greeting his students, "Welcome to the course. I'm your instructor. And if you have no idea what cybernetics is, you're not alone — because I don't either." This characteristic willingness to be playfully transparent in the classroom, along with a talent for making complex ideas understandable and relevant, is the foundation of his success as a teacher.
Richards is also the co-director of the World in Conversation Project at Penn State, whose mission is to create a kind of dialogue about social and cultural issues that invites the unexamined, politically incorrect thoughts of participants to the surface so that those thoughts can be submitted to conscious exploration and inquiry. The conversation topics span a range of cultural issues — from U.S. race relations to gender to drinking to relations with the Middle East. This year, nearly 7,000 University Park students will participate in one of more than 1,200 of these unscripted conversations.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
TEDxPSU - 山姆理查茲 - 一種激進實驗移情二○一○年十月二十一日
山姆理查茲社會學家和獲獎教師誰一直激勵本科生自1990年在賓夕法尼亞州。每學期，學生註冊 725他的種族和民族關係的過程中，一個最流行的階級在賓夕法尼亞州和最大的同類在該國。通過他的自然能力看到一個主題，從多角度，鼓勵學生從事理查茲更充分地與世界和自己思考 - 這是他並沒有這樣做，直到他在大學三年級。由於他熱愛挑戰學生打開他們的心靈，面試官最近稱他為“一個鬧鐘了十八歲。”
他的職業生涯始於 24歲的時候，他被聘為教授一控制論課程 - 僅僅 15分鐘前第一次班會。他記得走進房間，而不必過會兒來創建一個課程計劃和他的學生們打招呼，“歡迎來到課程。我是你的老師。如果你不知道什麼是控制論，你並不孤獨 - 因為我沒有。“這一特點是開玩笑透明願意在課堂上，伴隨著人才作出複雜的想法可以理解和相關性，是他成功的基礎，作為一名教師。
理查茲也是共同主任的世界的對話項目在賓夕法尼亞州立大學，其任務是創造一種對話的社會和文化問題，請未經審查的，政治上不正確的思想與會者的表面，使這些想法能提交意識的探索和調查。談話的主題跨度範圍內的文化問題 - 從美國的種族關係，性別與飲酒的關係與中東。今年，近7000名學生將參加大學園區於一體的1200餘這些脫稿交談。
關於 TEDx的中，x =獨立組織的活動
在精神理念值得推廣，TEDx是一種方案的地方，自我組織的活動，使人們共同分享的TED的體驗。在TEDx活動，TEDTalks視頻及現場演講結合，引發深入的探討和連接在一個小組。這些地方，自我組織的活動都是品牌TEDx的，其中x =獨立組織的TED事件。 TED會議提供一般指導意見 TEDx的方案，但個別 TEDx活動是自發組織的。 （根據一定的規則和條例。）