Around the World in 30 Days – October 2014
C. M. Rubin’s global education report from Latin America, Canada, Africa and China This past month in The Global Search for Education, I talked to global education leaders working at the frontiers of their fields to gather new perspectives on some of our greatest concerns in education today. Talking to educators from Latin America, Canada, Africa and China gave me a richer perspective on a number of the debates that we are...
The Global Search for Education: Do You Have Global Skills?
“90% of Canadians polled in a national opinion survey supported study abroad and nearly as many believed that financial support should be available.”– Karen McBride Why are global skills even more critical in today’s world? What does the latest research tell us? Why are Canadian parents, educators and employers taking these skills very seriously? Call me a global nomad. By the time I was 18, my parents had exposed me...
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...
The Global Search for Education: How to Lead Well
“The existing model of collaboration between the public and private sectors limits innovation in sectors that are substantially publicly funded.” – Esko Aho How do highly effective leaders lift their organizations to extraordinary levels of achievement? How do you they lead their people well and subsequently bring about change on a global scale? Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle and Alma Harris conducted an extensive...
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