TEDxTC - Peter Benson - Sparks: How Youth Thrive.

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Peter L. Benson, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world's leading authorities on positive human development. Dr. Benson is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on child and adolescent development and social change, including, most recently, Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers Dr. Benson's international reputation in human development emerged in the 1990s through his innovative, research-based framework of Developmental Assets, the most widely recognized approach to positive youth development in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. Before joining Search Institute in 1978, Dr. Benson was chair of the psychology department and chair of the program in human development and social relations at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.

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@maherabukhader6922 Ай бұрын

I like how the main idea of this video is adults setting expectations for children, but they never let children show us their potential. My favorite quote from this video was that children are not empty vessels, but the fire can be started within.

@79guitarherofreak 12 жыл бұрын

THEY MADE ME WATCH THIS FOR HOMEWORK

@J5iveAlive 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it was worth it...?! 👀🤔

@Aqbrhino 2 жыл бұрын

same

@Maidoumurnot 6 ай бұрын

Good! It’s part of my college courses. If you don’t get it now you will.

@loswillys23 Жыл бұрын

I've watched this over and over. In part because of the topic. Sparks is a great way to engage. I ALSO watch it b/c he is such a phenomenal speaker, varying his pace, his voice, pauses, etc.

@jennyklinedinst9347 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best PD's to show teachers everywhere.... thank you!

@ShaeMacMillan 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your spark with us. This is a huge call to action and I hope all parents, teachers and leaders talk to their children about their sparks. I cant help wondering how different life could be if someone had nurtured my spark. Thankfully it's still with me. Keep up the great work!!!

@andy4an 10 жыл бұрын

If kids who care about social justice and taking care of the world were nurtured and encouraged from the first moments of passion, this would transform the world.

@CarolRowe1010 12 жыл бұрын

A wonderful teacher...how sad he is gone but his work lives on

@jefftuibeo3161 3 жыл бұрын

THEY MADE ME WATCH THIS FOR HOMEWORK (2021)

@stephwintjes1 13 жыл бұрын

A most inspiring and useful talk. At our school we are working on improving student engagement and giving students a sense of purpose. "You shall know them by their sparks!" Thanks you Peter Benson.

@FaisalKhan99 12 жыл бұрын

To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the formula for a life well lived." -Peter Lorimer Benson (May 2, 1946 - October 2, 2011) --- Sadly this wonderful man passed away.

@frogslips 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. So inspirational.

@roysiegfriedt4018 11 жыл бұрын

Very Inspirational. Very real. Very true. "Human deelopment is about today..." Good reminder for all of us adults.

@wendegotthelf Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@BarbaraWood151219 11 жыл бұрын

Man, I read you! I'm now in the final third of my life, and I realize I often lament the lost opportunities in my life, opportunities that will never come again. I sometimes say:"I could have been" ...., but thinking about it just gets me down more. And I start feeling bitter and cynical ..., and this simply makes me feel more defeated. We need someone to give a talk on how to rekindle the 'de-sparked'.

@YSuperstars Жыл бұрын

I believe you can be that person to share this vision of rekindling your spark.

@GreatCanadian14 12 жыл бұрын

Everyone has potential, but not everyone wants to use it. Its initiative.

@OldWorldPhoenix 10 жыл бұрын

Wow. I was skeptical of this video I'm obliged to watch for a class, it's jaw-dropping that the Arts are the most engaging and where kids feel their best, yet it's the most underfunded. Sad.

@christemple8 13 жыл бұрын

This talk is fantastic but not sure why he whispers throughout the whole thing, super distracting

@ellazolman7516 2 жыл бұрын

The video content is so excellent, congratulations

@IamZanderChen 8 жыл бұрын

2011.... That's sad, right here is the answer to fixing American schools and five years has passed, and it's not being done. It's like giving a man dying of death a table of food, and leave. When you come back, he is dead, and the food is spoiled. Thats how You the teacher, the parent, the leader have let the spark of the children die, you've allowed it to rot, and in doing taken from humanity a piece of its triumph. You've stolen them from man kind.

@salvatoretan1 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, Amazing video! Can you let me have the list of the 220 kinds of spark or direct me to where to find them please?

@madedigital 12 жыл бұрын

Expression is the reflection of life. We must fix the mirror.

@Crisbee10 9 жыл бұрын

sound in the left speaker goes out part way through

@MEP489 13 жыл бұрын

What an amazing video.

@chicchats 9 жыл бұрын

Go positive!

@ferraripurosangue1805 3 жыл бұрын

i like this

@MrSneco7 9 жыл бұрын

A good dude

@colihondro 11 жыл бұрын

why does it go from stereo to mono at 4:05?

@biboycaluza2522 8 жыл бұрын

Kaway sa mga HA 21

@mikaellaguinto4197 8 жыл бұрын

@madedigital 12 жыл бұрын

Cosmic fire

@savedbybravado 11 жыл бұрын

This makes me sad. :'(

@mrixyz00 7 жыл бұрын

I mean arts, dancing, poetry or singing ain't going to pay the bills, you gotta be realistic. You get lucky if you succeed in any of these arts, but what's the chance?.. leave that as a hobby or side job.

@j.murphy7678 6 жыл бұрын

Kurt Vonnegut said it best: The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." And: As the job market gets worse, the creativity that making art strengthens in students can be the MOST useful skill set in creating a product or a business of their own that will sustain them, in part or in whole.

@raftal08 13 жыл бұрын

"Global multitudes of children, mentors and facilitators excitedly engaged in a future, transformed education process, enabling the dawning of a better world." ( my vision) agree fulheartedly with your spark idea) wish to forward a white paper written by me :21century educational model Ripple

@findesiecle1 4 жыл бұрын

"Ripple"- yes! There are people working to reach that goal, I assure you. Keep believing. It will happen, maybe not anytime soon but it will happen. Greetings.

@1Ophelia18 11 жыл бұрын

I am 24 and I have no spark

@pinkfriday77 5 жыл бұрын

1Ophelia18 Hope you find it

@paris0371 11 жыл бұрын

me too

@Katarinavision 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter! SO INSPIRATIONAL! I'm the founder of Global leadership Schools, bringing out the entrepreneurial and Leadership 'Brilliance' as well as the Cultural ' Brilliance' in Every school student. We have a one-day training that guarantees to bring out the *Spark*and *Brilliance* in every young person. We also train teachers in schools so that the * Brilliance* keeps expanding. Lets Connect! Katarina Hanssens Carlsson on Linkedin.