Science Fiction: Teaching Students How to Save the World | Joelle Renstrom | TEDxWalthamED

By reading science fiction, students learn that nothing is impossible. Whereas adults, both in science fiction and in the real world, are often bound by long-established worldviews and static notions of reality, the younger generation isn’t. Children often save the day in science fiction by provoking change and, ultimately, by prompting evolution. Such stories empower student readers to employ similar approaches in their own thinking and problem-solving, and create a community of brave, resourceful, and inspired individuals who represent the future of humanity.
Joelle Renstrom's collection of essays, Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature, was published in 2015. She maintains an award-winning blog, Could This Happen, about the relationship between science and science fiction. She’s the robot columnist for the Daily Beast and a staff writer for Now.Space. Her essays have appeared in Slate, Aeon, The Guardian, and others. She teaches writing and research at Boston University with a focus in sci-fi, AI, and space exploration. Her upcoming TEDx talk focuses on how teaching science fiction transforms students’ abilities to talk about pressing issues and enables them to brainstorm ways to change the future.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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This has really changed my thoughts on science fiction

[@AutomanicJack]

sometimes im a little sad that people dont take sci-fi literature seriously. and they never read sci-fi, and they dont know which books are good. on the other hand there are so much sc-fi books out there, which really arent that good.
i know a lot of people who love to read crime storys. They often smile when i say that i read sci-fi, then i always tell them that the crime story they read is far too unrealistic for me to enjoy. its true.

[@magicglow66]

This is a better speech than most of them out there. Why doesn't it hv more views? Or likes?

[@sayad5581]

Amazing talk! It is very inspiring and made me see the SF genre in a different light. Thank you!

[@justinspykerman]

I fell in love with science because of my love for science fiction.

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Love this Video

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Great Speech, I love Ted Talks!!!🤓

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