# How math can prepare new generations for the future

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeaconStreet
- Speaker: Masha Gershman
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/masha_gershman_how_math_can_prepare_new_generations_for_the_future)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

During the Cold War, Soviet educators were tasked with raising citizens who could out-innovate and out-build their American counterparts. One of their primary tools for doing so? Math. Educator Masha Gershman describes how the adaptive, highly social Soviet approach to teaching math can be deployed to prep new generations for an ever-shifting future.

## Lectures

1. [How math can prepare new generations for the future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/masha_gershman_how_math_can_prepare_new_generations_for_the_future/5a587266f973), 14 min (TED's player)