Next Education Workforce

Space exploration is hard. Changing education is harder

Episode Summary

Brent Maddin talks with planetary scientist and professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton about distributed expertise and the power of teams — in both space exploration and education. Dr. Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission and vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative. She is also co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company focused on training and measuring problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Episode Notes

Brent Maddin talks with planetary scientist and professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton about distributed expertise and the power of teams — in both space exploration and education. Dr. Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission and vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative. She is also co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company focused on training and measuring problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Dr. Elkins-Tanton will be the keynote speaker the 2023 Next Education Workforce Summit. This fifth annual event on Feb. 8–9, 2023, is hosted by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. It includes sessions from experts from K–12, research, policy, government, advocacy, nonprofit, edtech and business. Register or learn more at next.education.asu.edu.