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TEDxUBC - Sunddip Nahal - Has Education Changed Today?

4,902 views · Published 25 November 2010 · 9:22 · Indexed 13 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2010 · Education

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Dr. Sunddip Panesar Nahal is a passionate educator and consultant who spent the past eight years studying her research, which looked at the disparities between new teachers' expectations of the education profession and the actual realities of the classroom. Her work has been published in the Journal of Higher Education and her presentation centres around technology and why the K-12 system fails to meet the needs of learners in a technology-advanced society.

About TEDx
About TEDx

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxUBC, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxUBC event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

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