The Global Search for Education: Girls and Science
“Learning both art and science – both coding and designing – is needed. You need to position yourself so that when the world changes, you’re ready for it, because you have those underlying skills.” — Michelle Larson In Finland (unlike the United States), the math and science achievements of girls and boys, as tracked by national and international measurements, are very even. Pasi Sahlberg, one of...
The Global Search for Education: Which Digital Device Is Best?
“What are the learning needs of your child? What kinds of initiatives are your child’s school currently implementing? These are important questions for parents before they head into the mobile device market.” — Carl Hooker Which digital device is the better learning tool for students – a Chromebook or an iPad? If you’re not aware of the hottest current digital device debate, you’re probably...
The Global Search for Education: South Africa – Future Focus
“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, or not. 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...
The Global Search for Education: New Study – Students Want Input
“Students should have a voice in how their own data is used.” – Kelly Goodrich A fascinating new study reveals that students want more input in their education and specifically on the relevance of testing. The Make Assessment Matter study underscores that students and teachers place less relevance on high stakes accountability assessments but agree that tests are helpful when they are meaningful to individual...
The Global Search for Education: What did you learn at Oppi?
“I am more hopeful now than before Oppi to accomplish the vision of the school of the future where “minimal invasive education” is a leading principle.” – Pasi Sahlberg Why is Finland so fabulous at startups? Kano, the next generation computer kit, raised $1.5 million in 30 days on Kickstarter – what does that teach you about education? If children can learn independently from computers, then why...
The Global Search for Education: Teacher Education
“The 21st century “movement” refers to the redefining of the goals of education and how learning is organized in order to meet the demands of the 21st century.”- Jari Lavonen Jari Lavonen, Professor of Science Education and head of department at the University of Helsinki, Finland, will be speaking about teacher education in Finland with a particular focus on teacher effectiveness and professionalism at the...
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