Removing fear radically improves how children learn | Kush Linfield | TEDxBangsar

What links a challenging English tuition class to a false terrorist attack? Removing fear leads to better results. In this talk, Kush explores his experiences in education and observes how a private learning centre thrived by removing potential threats to progress in the classroom. Throughout his childhood and formative years, Kush’s education spanned the globe. From an independently run nursery in Rome, Italy, to an international school in the foothills of the Himalayas, India, he has been immersed in a variety of cultures and teaching methods. In the process, he has learned Mandarin, Indian Classical music and cultivated an all-encompassing worldview. The culture shock upon returning to secondary school in England, following his time in India, and the subsequent struggle, sparked a passion in him early on to explore the mechanisms of education systems.