#003 From Math Failure to Math Master w/ Karen Lai - a podcast by Jonathan Tam

from 2019-06-28T10:00

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This podcast episode started out as a working session with Karen Lai from Mentorhood. As we started chatting about education, I recommended us to film our conversation because there were so many things that I came away impressed with her approach to teaching children math - especially in Hong Kong.

We discuss her story on how she got started on her business, the problems she's out to solve, how games motivate children, the importance of losing, how both the progress and process are critical, and her own story of how she went from a math "failure" to a math master. We believe parents would get a lot of value from this conversation. Hope you enjoy!

Check out Mentorhood's services in Hong Kong and Canada at www.mentorhoodmath.com.

00:00 - The kid who gave Karen her first boost with Mentorhood

02:30 - How Mentorhood uses games to teach math

04:20 - The importance of losing

05:30 - The psychology behind motivation

07:00 - The importance of relationships in Mentorhood

09:05 - How kids develop motivation

10:10 - Examples of games at Mentorhood

12:45 - The science of learning styles

17:40 - Acquiring life skills through math games

19:20 - The problem of gold stars (extrinsic motivation) in education

24:30 - Soft skills are being neglected

28:10 - What types of parents would work best with Mentorhood’s approach

30:25 - The importance of class sizes

34:05 - Why Karen started Mentorhood

41:15 - Going from failing math to being a math master; creating a fusion of Eastern and Western styles

42:10 - Comparing the math education in Canada with other parts of the world

Video version available on YouTube channel “Dr. Jon Tam”

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