The Global Search for Education: Education in Film
“Moving image education is essential in preparing students for career and college readiness.” — Beth Janson, Tribeca Film Institute Part 1 of the Education in Film series Last year, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York saw 50,000 students and 5,000 teachers from 13 different states and 12 different countries walk through its doors — an increase of nearly three times in school group attendance...
The Global Search for Education: International Thinking
“It is impossible to overestimate how important educational institutions are to society. We need to invest in them.” — Lord Ken Macdonald The technology revolution continues to play a significant role in making it easier for students to think internationally in terms of their higher education options. The Internet has made it simpler for students to research and apply to universities. Interviews can be done by...
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: Art in Education
“Ruskin’s concern for art education applied to the development of the power of the hand and eye for everyone.” — Professor Robert Hewison John Ruskin was probably the greatest British critic of art, culture and society of the nineteenth century, in addition to being an educator. He believed that art and the development of imagination were profoundly important to an individual’s education. Ruskin...
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