Around the World in 30 Days: November 2016
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Americans chose to elect a billionaire businessman, an outsider with no government experience, over Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the establishment. What economic and social forces might have prompted this upset in the US Election 2016? And what might we imagine are the implications of these pressures? Additionally, what did we all learn about the virtues – Truth, Beauty and...
The Global Search for Education: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the US Election
“The biggest surprise has been how little importance large portions of the electorate placed on whether statements made by candidates (or their surrogates) accord with the facts.” — Howard Gardner Ever since he went to Wyoming Seminary secondary school, Howard Gardner says he has been captivated with three virtues: “Truth, Beauty, and Goodness” – known at “Sem” as Verum, Pulchrum, Bonum, in his school’s motto.” He concluded that...
The Global Search for Education: Top Global Teacher Bloggers – Children are Listening
Children are Listening. We live in a world of infinite connectivity, and following a “global” event such as the recent US Election 2016 (the world’s No. 1 economy), many parents and other adults say they are still struggling with what to say and share with children and what not to say. Children around the world witnessed the often aggressive tone of the election’s rhetoric, and indeed, teachers across the United States have...
The Global Search for Education: The Millennial Bloggers – What Next After Brexit and the US Election?
The U.K. citizens’ surprising approval of the Brexit referendum last June and the even more surprising U.S. election of Donald Trump as president on November 8 shook the world. Americans chose to elect a billionaire businessman, an outsider with no government experience, over Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the establishment. What economic and social forces might have prompted this upset? And what might we imagine are the...
The Global Search for Education: Have you Heard About the TeachUps?
“With TeachUps, educators will fully reap the benefits of the 21st century’s most touted model of instruction, ‘blended learning’, and seamlessly navigate offline and online learning for themselves as well as their students.” — Niccolina Clements Mangroo Technology is quickly and forever changing. The moment teachers master one new piece of ed tech, there may be something newer they need to know...
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