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Higher Education

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Innovate Education on a Shoestring

Dongguan, an industrial city in southern China, is probably the most labor-intensive area in the world. Each year, millions of migrant workers from inland provinces leave their hometown to become workers on the production line in factories of Dongguan. These migrant workers not only want to make money, they also want their children to become […]

March 7, 2016
Mr. Andrew Yu
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Higher Education

Leading Change in Education: the Role of Social Enterprise

 Education may often be thought of as the last and most stubborn bastion of bureaucracy and factory mentality in this fast-changing era. Many people have a mixed emotion about education. On one hand, they believe access to high-quality education is essential for their future; on the other hand, they are distrustful of the education they […]

March 7, 2016
Yuan Gu
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Higher Education

What Role Can Social Entrepreneurs Play in Education?

Special Focus : Can Social Enterprise Lead Innovation in Education? the world has changed, and continues to change, at unparalleled speeds. Education and skills requirements for the future will have completely new dimensions, and global education systems will need to adapt quickly to equip the worlds’ young people for the new demands. It is time to […]

March 7, 2016
Ms Shahida Saleem
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Higher Education

Scaling Quality Education for the World’s Poorest Children

This article is part of a special interview series featuring global innovators in education (part 2 of 5). Visit WISE ed.review regularly to read the upcoming articles. “One of the most gratifying elements of the organisation is that we have almost 6,000 staff members who are working together to provide children with the quality of education that […]

March 1, 2016
Mr. Rahim Kanani
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Access and Inclusion

Implementing a Personalized Learning Environment

This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 6 of 6). Personalised Learning has been defined with different shades of meaning by different theoreticians and implemented by researchers for well over a century. Early examples include the work of Helen Parkhurst and the Dalton Plan, implemented in some US schools from 1914 onwards, which […]

February 29, 2016
Dr. Alexander Romiszowski
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Designing an Effective Training Program

Embracing Empathy in Our Schools

Empathy sometimes has trouble making friends. She roams the playground day by day but rarely receives more than a wave or a glance. The adjacent swing remains empty and no sneakers mirror hers when she skips around the field. Empathy is a little different. She changes appearance depending on who she plays with and she’s eager to […]

February 25, 2016
Alisha Fredriksson
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Access and Inclusion

The Buffet of Learning: Design for Personalized Learning

This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 5 of 6). Other than the technological tools that are now easily available, what is exactly personal about personalized learning? I have heard about iterations of self-directed learning, differentiated learning, and individualized learning. These terms, overlapping at times, distinguish in time (for instance, having accelerated learning […]

February 22, 2016
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Access and Inclusion

Minerva’s Lessons for Latin America

Today, the discussion around innovation is a serious matter. At the heart of the debate lies the question of scale: how to spread what really works? Regarding higher education, the Minerva Schools at KGI is one that deserves some attention. Let’s take a closer look at its innovative approach, and how the big idea can be […]

February 18, 2016
Mr. Juan María Segura
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Higher Education

Driving Social Innovation in Higher Education

This article is part of a special interview series featuring global innovators in education (part 1 of 5). Visit WISE ed.review regularly to read the upcoming articles. “The more we shift from the myth of the ‘hero’, the more we can all participate in contributing to change in a variety of ways,” explained Marina Kim, Co-Founder and […]

February 16, 2016
Mr. Rahim Kanani
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Learning Ecosystems and Leadership

Learning, Personalized and Competency-Based

This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 4 of 6). To develop expertise in anything, Malcolm Gladwell famously said in his book Outliers that you need to invest 10,000 hours. It is true in the general sense that success requires copious amount of time, but to assume that one could use the 10,000 hours equally […]

February 15, 2016
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Emerging Technologies and Edtech

How Strong Community And Educator Support Drives Ed Tech Success

Stacked amidst temporary shelters, tents and thatched huts in Burundi’s Kavumu refugee camp are a pile of bright blue, green and yellow boxes. Stowed away in these 800 kg metal palette-size boxes are countless ideas to educate, entertain and foster creativity among refugees. The self-contained watertight boxes are packed with e-readers, tablets, cameras, e-books, paperbacks, board […]

February 11, 2016
Sébastien Turbot
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Higher Education

Closing the Gap Between K12 and Higher Education in MENA

One of the first questions to address when approaching the gap between secondary and higher education in the Arab World is whether this gap is a reality or a myth. In the last few years, I was particularly intrigued by this question, which led me to conduct a sample study including 2500 GCC students sent […]

February 10, 2016
Suad Alhawashi

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