The Global Search for Education: More From Singapore
“I think our key strategy to engage students in learning is to have good teachers, those who understand their students, tailor teaching strategies according to their students’ profile, and make lessons interesting.” — Dr. Pak Tee Ng Singapore is recognized globally as a high-performing education system. Singapore students fared very well in the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)....
The Global Search for Education: What Is Good?
“How do we preserve some sense of Truth, Beauty and Goodness at a time we have so much change going on?” — Howard Gardner. Photo by Megan Morr, Duke Photography. Truth, Beauty, Goodness — what do they mean to young and old in a 21st century world experiencing dramatic technological and philosophical change? A man who understands the difficulty in educating for the virtues in a challenging new age is...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals Around the World
“What is fundamentally different today is that education systems now need to equip all teachers, and not just some, for effective learning.” — Andreas Schleicher “It is very clear that high performing systems generally have a high performing teacher population.” — Andreas Schleicher Professional Capital, Andrew Hargreaves’ and Michael Fullan’s recently released book, proposes an...
The Global Search for Education: A View From Germany
“Early language skills have to be developed. This is something that the German government is trying to intensify at the moment.” — Professor Dr. Wolfgang Schneider Fighting the war on poverty with high quality early childhood education programs is an issue discussed and supported by numerous contributors to The Global Search For Education series. Researchers, educators and policy makers have argued that...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Singapore
“The Singapore education system relies on a high quality teaching profession to achieve its aim for the nation.” — Dr. Pak Tee Ng Part 3 of “In Search of Professionals” In their new book, Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan remind us that the future of learning depends on the future of teaching. Speaking out against education policies that...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Part 2
“We say education of our youth is the most important thing that we do in terms of the future.” — Randi Weingarten Photo courtesy of Armando Arorizo. The teaching profession stands at a crossroads. The United States has an opportunity to reform the entire profession and make teaching not only one of America’s most important professions but also one of America’s most respected professions. But...
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