The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines
Apr10

The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines

“We should be changing the goals of education to focus on deeper learning: Relevance of what is taught, to build motivation, and personalization of the What and How; Versatility, to create ‘Renaissance humans’, which brings robustness to face whatever life throws at us; Transfer, insuring that what we learn in the narrow confines of schools, translates into actionability in real-life situations.” — Charles Fadel...

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The Global Search for Education: What’s Really Worth Learning?
Feb15

The Global Search for Education: What’s Really Worth Learning?

“I encourage people to tell an ‘opportunity story.’ How might this topic come up later in students’ lives?”  —  David Perkins Our world is getting increasingly complex; so how do we know what is worth teaching and learning? I watched David Perkins’ presentation on this timely topic at the IB Heads World Conference this year and I am delighted to welcome him today to The Global Search for...

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Education Expert: Students Who Have True Grit Will Make a Difference
Jan27

Education Expert: Students Who Have True Grit Will Make a Difference

Howard Gardner’s “Good Project” is aimed at identifying individuals and institutions that “exemplify good work – work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners – and to determine how to best increase the incidence of good work in our society”.  It is this sort of innovative thinking that won Howard the Brock International Prize in Education this year (2015). Gardner is already well known...

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