The Global Search for Education: Director Christopher Carpenter Talks about Being the Change We Wish to See
This month, audiences can screen My Name is Tama-chan, written and directed by Christopher Scott Carpenter, on the Planet Classroom Network. This film is curated by Planet Classroom.
Around the World in 30 Days – August 2019
C.M. Rubin World’s Global Education Report Stories bring us together, and since 2006, The Global Oneness Project has focused on storytelling about global cultures as a tool to help students better understand their world. The Project produces documentary films which are told through the voices of individuals and communities. It puts “a human face to global issues,” explains Executive Director Cleary Vaughan-Lee. Learning about these...
The Global Search for Education: Chatta Chatta Chatta
“We have invented an extremely powerful way of learning which was not previously possible and the implications can be colossal.” – Christopher Williams Christopher Williams says he initially created Chatta for families of 2 and 3 year-old children to promote “interaction and storytelling.” He’d been commissioned to address the growing issue in the UK of children starting school well behind in their communication and...
Around the World in 30 Days – August 2018
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report How can poor children in developing countries acquire reading, writing, and counting skills when there are inadequate qualified teachers and resources? A tablet is helping in Malawi. Onebillion has been bringing numeracy and literacy education to marginalized children in India, Uganda, Malawi and other countries, for 14 years. Their innovative learning app, Onecourse, with its numeracy material...
The Global Search for Education: Teachers Across America Are Reimagining School
“The more we standardize school, the less our kids have the time and support to develop the ability to learn how to learn, think independently, and create initiatives that make their world better.” – Ted Dintersmith “Our kids will be adults in a world where automated solutions absorb all routine tasks and jobs, where they will need to invent their own distinctive way to add value to their community, employer, or...
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