The Global Search for Education: How Well Do You Know the United Nations?
“We not only neglect to teach the UN in its proper context – the ancient ideas about the need to treat others as ourselves the ‘golden rule’ – found in every major civilization – but fail to connect these ideas with the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was embodied within the UN’s legal structure.” — Laurence Peters The Secretary-General of the United...
The Global Search for Education: With the World in Mind
“The IB has concerns for humanity hardwired into it, in its philosophical heritage, its mission, and today’s curricula.” — Siva Kumari Siva Kumari, the first female Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), has a lot on her mind. As global education systems scramble to find better ways to teach international perspectives and intercultural competence to the first generation of world...
The Global Search for Education: Digital
“We live in a world now where anybody can ask any question anywhere and get thousands of answers within seconds, but it is up to the questioner to determine which of those answers are legit, which are false, which are intentionally misleading.” — Howard Rheingold If you think educating an individual to be digitally literate is difficult today, just imagine what it will be like 5 years from now? Howard...
The Global Search For Education – Give Them Access, They Will Come
Congratulations to Dr. Sugata Mitra on winning the 2013 TED Prize. While I am not entirely sure of what your School in a Cloud model will ultimately look like, allow me to share some thoughts and perspectives as you continue your journey to build it. After screening the soon to be released film Girl Rising last night, I am convinced we need a School in a Cloud concept to help solve the tragic problem of children who have no school at...
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)....
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