The Global Search for Education: Learning That’s Focused on the Real World
Learning that can excite learners to continue their work well beyond the school day sounds like the kind of exercise schools would want to encourage more. Project-based learning has come and gone since the early 20th century. Today, thanks to real world challenges such as the United Nations’ SDG’s, it is enjoying a comeback. In this style of learning, students must address a problem that’s impacting their local or global community....
The Global Search for Education: Who You Know Might Matter More
“The real challenge facing schools is more about the resources they can dedicate to investing in students’ networks, and the processes that could allow more students out of schools and more outsiders into schools.” – Julia Freeland Fisher When it’s time to find employment in the real world, relationships are critical. In fact, according to Julia Freeland Fisher, research suggests that an estimated “fifty percent of...
The Global Search for Education: When Learning Requires the Need for Speed
“Play-based activities and child-centric learning are critical to the success of the Second Chance program and to the program’s ability to cover three years of curriculum in just ten months.” – Caitlin Baron To address the challenge of out-of-school children around the world (263 million according to recent studies), as well as children who are in school but not achieving, an accelerated Second Chance program also...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Better Leaders
“Student government lotteries are clearly fairer and more inclusive than the student elections that take place in pretty much every school, so we have faith that they will soon start to catch on.” — Adam Cronkright Democratic innovation is a passion for Adam Cronkright because he believes “the dominant conception of leadership is deeply flawed.” What if leadership and civic skills could be developed in everyone...
Around the World in 30 Days – October 2018
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Isolation and bigotry appear to be on the rise. How do we develop global citizens with the skills and competencies to empathize with one another? The United World Colleges (UWC) aims to combat the problem by producing thoughtful, committed and empathetic students who are able to consider global issues from the perspective of several different cultures. This month,The Global Search for...
The Global Search For Education – Should Teachers Earn More? Top Teachers Around the World Weigh In
Why do teachers become teachers in the first place? Research indicates it’s for a number of reasons, including the variety the job offers, love of their subject or a great experience in their own schooling that inspired them to make a difference in the lives of others. Research also indicates that to improve the quality of candidates for teacher training programs and to motivate teachers to enter and stay in their profession, it’s...
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