The Global Search for Education: Top Global Teacher Bloggers – Learning With The Arts
Have you ever noticed how integrating the Arts with traditional subjects can really make learning fun? Findings from a recent American Institutes for Research study shows arts integration also has great potential for improving student learning in multiple disciplines. Today in The Global Search for Education, our global teachers share their experiences in their answers to this question: How can we maximize the value of art and music...
The Global Search for Education: The Millennial Bloggers – Distrust in Leadership
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve the 17 SDGs over the next 15 years. The goals address the needs of people in both developed and developing countries, emphasizing that no one should be left behind. A PEW Research Center survey indicates that fewer than three-in-ten Americans have expressed trust in the federal government in every major national poll conducted since July 2007...
The Global Search for Education: What Character?
It used to be that character education was the prerogative of parents/families, governments, and religious institutions, but over time all of these have weakened, and so now schools are the best place where this education can take place.”– Charles Fadel In an increasingly complex world, society is rediscovering the importance of teaching character qualities or “how one behaves and engages in the world.” In Part...
The Global Search for Education: What Does It Mean To Be a Great Principal?
“New sets of skills such as team work, innovation and creativity are becoming increasingly important. The leaders of this major transformation can only be the principals and the teachers themselves, but principals need to be able to show the way in this uncertain world.” — Montserrat Gomendio Launched today, the OECD’s new report, School Leadership for Learning: Insights from Teaching and Learning...
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...
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