The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professional Ethicists – On Becoming a Consummate Professional – Part 3
“In speaking of the achievement of excellence as workers and citizens, we refer to the three E’s: Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics.” — Howard Gardner In the profit-above-all-world of digitization and automation, ethics and the nature of professionalism seem to be in question and under attack from all sides. Will the new robots on the block provide the same expertise and multiple intelligences we expect from...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professional Ethicists – Is Education a Profession? – Part 2
“We should try to raise consciousness about a teaching corps that is highly professionalized.” — Howard Gardner In the profit-above-all-world of digitization and automation, ethics and the nature of professionalism seem to be in question and under attack from all sides. Will the new robots on the block provide the same expertise and multiple intelligences we expect from human experts? What can be done to preserve...
The Global Search for Education: Meet the Teachers
“The most important thing we can do to help make teaching be regarded as a more prestigious career is to tell the stories of the wonderful and inspiring work they are already doing.” — Colin Hegarty Pope Francis announced the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2016: Hanan Al Hroub from Samiha Khalil High School, Al-Bireh, Palestine. The celebrity studded ceremony took place last month at the Global...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top Global Teacher Blogs – What are the top ten ways that administrators can help new teachers avoid burning out?
According to a report from the Alliance for Excellent Education, teacher attrition costs the United States up to $2.2 billion annually. Roughly half a million U.S. teachers either move or leave the profession each year, and tragically, this serious problem disproportionately affects high-poverty schools. It’s essential that we keep every teacher we get. Yet classroom teaching is arguably the most stressful job there is....
The Global Search for Education: Ideas Ideas Ideas Ideas!
“In the US, the main way [to impact teacher retention] is to improve the status and conditions of teaching as a profession.” — Sir Ken Robinson The Creative Oklahoma World Forum (@OK_Creativity) on March 31 believes #YourIdeasMatter. Our world faces problems everywhere. Creative Oklahoma has invited the public to tap into their innate creative problem-solving abilities and participate in a statewide brainstorm on...
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