Around the World in 30 Days – March 2018
Mar31

Around the World in 30 Days – March 2018

C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report How do you develop a cost-effective quality learning model for the 21st Century for disadvantaged children in small rural schools scattered across Colombia? Yidan Prize winner Vicky Colbert tells us this month how she focused on building an innovative education model in which key strategies were cooperative learning and cross-peer tutoring.  Colbert and her team at Fundacion Escuela Nueva...

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The Global Search for Education: Escuela Nueva Has Much to Teach Us
Mar27

The Global Search for Education: Escuela Nueva Has Much to Teach Us

“There are many important facets of the Escuela Nueva model, including its systemic approach, being child centered, involving active participatory learning, children finishing academic units at their own pace, cooperative learning and children learning through dialogue and interaction.” — Vicky Colbert How do you develop a cost-effective quality learning model for the 21st Century for disadvantaged children in small rural schools...

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