Gavin McCormack is one of 2019’s Top 10 Most influential global educators, 2018 Australian of the year nominee, 2020 School Principal of the Year finalist, children’s book author, TEDx speaker, and the Australian Montessori Ambassador.  In this episode, Gavin takes us on a journey of his life and advocacies. He explains how to find the potential in every child, how we could possibly repair the education system, and eventually how education can save the world.

Find out more about Gavin and his books at https://gavinmccormack.com.au/

00:00 Intro

00:20 Meet Gavin McCormack

02:00 Playing Football in France

03:05 Arriving In Australia

04:20 Pursuing Islamic Interests

05:05 Lessons From Child Refugees

06:50 Learning From Each Other

08:30 The Dreaded Inspectors

09:30 The Islamic School

10:30 The Idea of Education

12:15 Being A Good Teacher

15:20 Observing The Students

16:30 It’s A Yes

18:10 Knowing Your Students

18:30 Four Types Of Learners

19:00 Independent Learners

19:15 Parallel Learners

19:55 Cooperative Learners

20:15 Collaborative Learners

21:30 The Potential In Every Child

23:30 Teaching Comes Naturally

25:15 Children Are Smarter

26:55 The Greatest Gift Is Time

27:50 Why Montessori

30:10 Executive Functioning

32:15 You Can’t Teach Skills

34:25 We All Want To Be Noticed

36:20 The Trap

37:00 The Gangster

38:50 No One’s Perfect

40:30 Let Them Fail

42:30 Being The Principal

44:00 The Trained Chef

45:40 Trusting Teachers

46:20 Building Schools In Nepal

47:40 Changing The World

49:20 Giving Everything Away

50:20 Empowering Teachers

51:30 Empowering Students

53:25 The Magic Moment

56:10 Worldwide Free Online Education

57:30  Books By Gavin

58:00 Outro