The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What are the biggest mistakes teachers make when integrating technology into the classroom?
Mar27

The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What are the biggest mistakes teachers make when integrating technology into the classroom?

Our Global Top 12 Teacher Blogs Singapore is recognized globally as a high-performing education system. The Global Search for Education contributor Dr. Pak Tee Ng has shared with us the technology plan that Singapore has been implementing in its education system since 1997, including the challenges with integration. Singapore’s innovative and impressive three step “Masterplan” initiative was completed last year. What...

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The Global Search for Education: East vs. West – Face Time
Sep15

The Global Search for Education: East vs. West – Face Time

“Those who can successfully negotiate between two culturally distinct environments with ease become natural leaders in cross-cultural situations, making them cultural brokers and marketable cosmopolitans.” — Pak Tee Ng “Working and spending time in another country with education professionals and students from other countries, listening to their thoughts, cultural perceptions and expectations, are powerful ways...

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The Global Search for Education: The Top 10
Aug25

The Global Search for Education: The Top 10

“The Global Search for Education series takes important issues related to global education and gives them context.” — Adam Steiner Diane Ravitch, Howard Gardner, Sir Ken Robinson, Pak Tee Ng, Pasi Sahlberg, Tony Wagner, Yong Zhao, Krista Kiuru, Peter Vesterbacka, Randi Weingarten, Jonathan Jansen, Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves, among others, have been chosen for our first Global Search for Education Top 10 List....

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The Global Search for Education: What did you learn at Oppi?
Apr14

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...

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The Global Search for Education: The World Test?
Jan13

The Global Search for Education: The World Test?

“The more important questions that countries have to ask themselves are why they are comparing with one another and what they are doing with the findings to improve the education of their children.  Countries should take PISA results as a useful reference, not as a report card.” – Pak Tee Ng  The Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) is an exam given every three years to 15 year olds around the...

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