“Una Vez Iluminada la Mente no Puede Volver a Ser Oscura”
“Los jóvenes, las niñas en particular, deben entender que cualquiera puede volverse doctor o científico, no importa cuánto dinero tiene tu familia, de donde vienes, si eres hombre o mujer- y ese mensaje es más importante que nunca hoy en día” (Michelle Obama, 2016) ¡Genial! ¡Verdadero! Sin embargo, más fácil dicho que hecho, Michelle. Podría escuchar a […]
Education Policy has the Ability to Address a Wide Range of Issues
Note: This article was originally published in the Diplomatic Courier on August 26, 2019 [link] France has picked a fight against inequality in its 2019 G7 Summit agenda. Increasing access to education is just one way French President Emmanuel Macron imagines countries can improve equality of opportunity. And this year’s G7 host country isn’t the […]
Students Can’t Wait 500 Years for Fairness
Note: This article was originally published in TES on July 30, 2019 [link] Each year, the Education Policy Institute reports on the gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. This has become our annual picture of how fair our education system is and how well we are doing at ensuring that it enables every child […]
Las redes sociales, la danza y las alteraciones de ideología; los conceptos que realzan la educación moderna.
El uso de las redes sociales para difundir contenido académico Las redes sociales se han vuelto una herramienta de comunicación bastantemente valiosa. Un artículo de Banco Mundial destaca que en Paraguay, los grupos de WhatsApp son la forma más eficaz y preferida de autoridades educativas y escuelas para comunicarse dentro de y entre comunidades escolares. El […]
Educating the Public
If you’re like me, you probably grew up thinking that serious learning only happened in school, college and university. The consequence of this belief is that it devalues, denies, and discriminates against how most of the world actually learns, which is outside of formal education. If we’re serious about achieving education for all, then we […]
Modern World’s Characteristics and Impact on Arabic Literacy Education
Born in 2010, Faris is considered to be a digitally native child who will never experience a world that is untouched by the digital age. The world that he is brought up in differs drastically from that of his parents. Faris will never experience a world that is without internet, smartphones or computers. Whereas his parents […]
The necessity for a #paradigm_shift in Arabic education
Educators face daily challenges to foster Arabic readers in this bilingual, digital world, as discussed in the previous article in this series, “Modern World’s Characteristics and Impact on Arabic Literacy Education”. We need to understand the root problems crippling Arabic Literacy Education before attempting to overcome them. Based on our workshops held in the Middle East, Canada and the […]
Global Sport Development Systems and Athletes’ Access to Education
This research explores elite sport development systems and aspects of educational attainment and opportunities for elite athletes in a variety of national sport development systems. The countries analyzed for this project are the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Senegal, and Qatar. These were selected by the researchers because of the heterogeneous social-political contexts, the […]
Three Steps to Become an Author of Open Educational Resources
Note: This article was originally published in the Observatory of Educational Innovation, by Tecnológico de Monterrey on July 29, 2019 [link] Every academic year, educators generate countless educational materials that they share with their students. Unfortunately, most of these valuable resources end up in a drawer. Few teachers realize that their teaching materials can be […]
Global Sport Development Systems and Access to Education
Elite sports worldwide are ubiquitous and can have a major part in socio-economic advancement, public health, and entertainment for nations worldwide. Top performance at an amateur, professional or international level in sports can be a great source of pride for countries and others ranging from sponsors, media distributors and the athletes themselves. Oftentimes, the total […]