A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: África do Sul – Futuro Foco
“It is the teacher who shows his/her students through her own behavior, what it means to be compassionate and accepting of others different from themselves, ou não. It is the teacher who creates the opportunity for young people to practice democratic thinking and action.” – Dylan Wray Societies with turbulent racial pasts face challenges and opportunities when shaping their country’s future. As we learned from...
A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: When Little Children Die
“Grief will affect all. The trauma of losing a young child never goes away and the grief may be quite protracted, but healing occurs over time.” – Dr. Brian Fallon When beautiful little children and their brave teachers die in a senseless act of unspeakable violence such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the nation cries. The nation prays for relief from its overwhelming grief and from these prayers...
A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: O que fazer sobre Cheating?
“A pesquisa mostra que os estudantes enganar mais quando acreditam que as notas e desempenho são valorizados em suas salas de aula e menos quando eles acreditam que a aprendizagem, profunda compreensão e domínio são valorizados.” — Dr. Denise Pope Aqui estão cinco equívocos sobre um problema sério e generalizado na educação hoje: batota não é um problema na escola do meu filho; as crianças trapaceiam da mesma forma que faziam hoje..
A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: Mais sobre Cheating
“The stories of Bernie Madoff, subprime mortgages and the cheating scandals at Harvard and Stuyvesant High School illustrate that cheating is viral and spreads harm beyond the carrier of the virus.” — Tricia Bertram Gallant After reading Howard Gardner’s article, Harvard’s Cheating Scandal as a Play in Four Acts, and listening to Dr. Gardner and Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant on 90.9 WBUR Radio Boston,...
A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: No Cheating
I applaud Dr. Howard Gardner for his op-ed in the Washington Post — “When Ambition Trumps Ethics” — relating to the current alleged and evolving cheating scandal at Harvard University. In a recent interview with Dr. Gardner, we discussed a number of the moral break-downs in our education system, including the problem of cheating (A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: O que é bom?). According to a survey of 24,000...
A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: Racing to the Top at Four
“We believe that tutoring at such a young age should be done by the parents, not with a hired tutor.”– Michael McCurdy Put down your teddy bear! It’s time to take your standardized test. Does it matter that racing to the top threatens to push pre-schoolers into an academic environment too early? Michael McCurdy, the Co-Founder and CEO of TestingMom.com (a children’s tutoring service for...
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