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Context Hundreds of millions of children are in schools and are not learning much. There are lots of plausible reasons for that: failed policies, resource shortages and substandard management being some of them. But what about what actually happens inside the classroom – the actual 40-minute experience an 8th grade child has in her Science […]
There are still 3.5 billion offline in the world today, 75% of which are distributed in just 20 countries, most of them disproportionately rural, female, poor and illiterate. The problem is, these countries with the least internet access are the same ones with the least access to quality education in general, including fewer qualified […]
This interview was originally published in Q Magazine’s 4th Issue For Dr Asmaa E Al Fadala, the field of education has always been one that requires a local understanding and a global outlook. In her pursuit of educational reform, her career path has transitioned from being a physics teacher in Qatar; a science coordinator following her acquisition […]
We sat down to talk with Ms. Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder-Director of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India. Riverside School creates working models of pedagogical practices with a single-minded focus: student wellbeing. The curriculum prioritizes real-world learning as part of its pedagogy such that character and content go hand in hand. Here’s what she […]
The past decade has witnessed teachers, parents and learners rethinking educational choices and exploring alternatives outside of the system because freedom, agility and individualization — which are largely missing from traditional schools, are essential qualities for effective and joyful learning. I’ve watched — and even ridden and participated in — the waves of […]
Special Focus : Roads Less Traveled: Alternative Approaches to Education Sarah is the 3-year-old daughter of one of Ubongo’s employees and comes to the office with her mother almost every day. We’ve watched her grow from a little baby to the active toddler who likes to play, draw, run around the office and ask lots […]
“We’re going to pour the water now!” yelled an excited voice from the forest. Suddenly, with that announcement, all the forest kindergarten children, no matter what they had been engaged in, rushed over to the hillside that had been repeatedly cut with channels and constructed with deliberate diversions. Within these channels, several children had carefully […]
Over the past twenty years, tremendous progress has been made by neuroscientists in understanding how our brains work thanks to cutting-edge technology like Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) and Electroencephalography (EEG). The brain is a complex organ: it is made of 100 billion neurons that fire on average 200 times per second, thereby sending trillions […]
Community-based education represents a true learner-centered and participatory education. It offers relevant, contextualized, and future-oriented educational processes; it also represents a way to materialize Dewey’s philosophy of experience. Overall, community-based education aims to build interconnections. It develops students’ identities and their sense of belonging (Powers, 2004), links knowledge and reality (Gregory A. Smith & […]
The Deep Green Bush-School (DGBS) was designed to increase the health and well-being of current and future generations, as well as all life on the planet – and this makes us revolutionary. We’re more than just a ‘nature school’. We’re intentionally designed to end all exploitation and injustice by raising youth with a healthy […]
Computational thinking is crucial in today’s society, yet it is largely absent from school curricula. What is it, how should it be incorporated and is it important for education’s overall purpose? What’s unique about computational thinking is the immense power of modern computation. It’s a highly definitive set of methodologies – a system for getting […]
Growing up in rural Nebraska, all my teachers looked like me. They also shared many of my own experiences and perspectives since they, too, came from mostly White farm communities. Today, Nebraska is growing in diversity—with more than 120 languages spoken across its schools. Unfortunately, the teaching workforce doesn’t reflect this diversity, depriving many students […]