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The Objective of Education is……

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

I usually stay on topic but more and more lately, I’m becoming a bit of a preacher in my workshops and lectures. It happened today and so I thought I’d share a bit about my philosophy of education and what I think is paramount for all teachers – English as a second or foreign language [...]

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A Manifesto 4 2morrow’s Learning

Saturday, February 14, 2009

I’ve blogged about this previously but now want to provide for those who haven’t seen it, my full thoughts about the “future of learning”.
Presently, schools don’t get it and that’s why so so so so much learning is actually not school based! Yeah, think about that. Emperical studies have shown that kids learn everywhere, all [...]

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Greg Mortenson – One School at a Time

Sunday, January 4, 2009

I recently read an article about the continuing miraculous efforts of Greg Mortenson. It reminded me of his book and life and example and I thought I’d share it here today.
If you haven’t heard of him, he’s most widely known as the author of “Three Cups of Tea”. A bestseller detailing his efforts to build [...]

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