He does not have
any idea about education reform.
A $ 50 million «School of the Future» backed by Microsoft Corp. opens this September in Philadelphia, and it may redesign
ideas about education as thoroughly as technology has changed the workplace.
Whitehead's
ideas about education are contained in Whitehead, Alfred North, The Aims of Education and Other Essays (New York: A Mentor Book, The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1963), and in the final chapter of his Science and the Modern World (New York: A Mentor Book, The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1956), Chapter XIII, «Requisites for Social Progress,» pp. 192 - 208.
It is based on Charlotte Mason's
ideas about education, and the need for good «living» books.
Research policy is likely to be shaped by McLachlan and education spokesman David Kemp, whose
ideas about education are the source of great concern in the universities.
About Blog Just a little place where teachers can share
ideas about education.
Teenage comedies of this kind don't always have to go down the Porky's route of just being gross or sexist; in fact, the film's
ideas about the education system could have been a starting point to challenge such conventions.
«Hopefully, Scratch will get us to rethink
our ideas about education and how people learn,» Resnick states.
Following a decade spent teaching middle school at several progressive schools, Cerruti says he became intrigued by research, particularly uncovering new
ideas about education and how kids think.
Family and friends, you have encouraged these students, you have listened to
their ideas about education, and I know that you are as proud of them as we, the faculty...
The ideas about education and teaching that determine government policies and drive the spending of billions of pounds of public money are important.
Proof That
Ideas about Education Can Cross International Borders View the Photo Showcase of the Boston Arts Academy Founded by Spaniards and settled by a host of other immigrants, Argentina, like the United States, is a country woven from outside influences.
It Takes a Planet: Education Is a Common Thread: The world is filled with great
ideas about education.
Fayette County's Kelly Bales describes how she tried to incorporate Finnish
ideas about education into her social studies classroom.
Fifty years later, Hahn's
ideas about education inspired the founding of a network of public schools in the United States.
We have good
ideas about education,» said CL4E's chairman, William J. Bennett, former Education Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, noted author, and award - winning professor.
Smith: Expeditionary Learning is an organization trying to put Kurt Hahn's
ideas about education into practice.
We believe that cultivating knowledge and new
ideas about education will ultimately improve students» lives and enrich society.
The «Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools» video tells the story of policymakers and community members exchanging
ideas about education policy.
7 Makiguchi was very aware of and appreciated Western
ideas about education, but he did not just accept these ideas.
HERC's goal is also to provide a venue for districts across Houston to share best practices and
ideas about education innovation.
An important incentive driving the nonprofits to become curriculum publishers was not the money, but the chance to spread
their ideas about education reform to more schools.
About Blog Just a little place where teachers can share
ideas about education.
Not exact matches
Here are six big
ideas about how tech incumbents are
about to drastically change the face of
education:
For instance, if you know a customer's Zip code, you can get a rough
idea about income and
education.
While the cost of higher
education continues to rise and politicians debate the
idea of making it free, a majority of Americans are feeling stressed
about student loans.
New Profit is focused on a handful of issues — including
education and economic empowerment — and is crystal clear
about its mission of backing visionary leaders with big
ideas.
In the same and in other schools uncertainty
about the meaning of the ministry comes to appearance also in the feeling of conflict in a faculty between its loyalty to a traditional
idea, such as that of the preacher, and its sense of obligation to denominational officials, alumni and churchmen in general who urge a more «practical»
education.
Within all this speaking and hearing, creating thick descriptions of theological
education will lead us not to an
idea about ultimate aims (though that inference may also be included!)
If theological
education is
about merely the ordered learning of cognitive
ideas, then finding the right curriculum will solve all the current problems in theological
education.
In this respect the report can not be «objective» but must remain a somewhat personal effort to clarify and organize
ideas about Church, ministry and theological
education that seem to be «in the air» or that seem to be developing in «the climate of opinion.»
By the fourth century B.C., Athenian culture had become self - conseious
about its ideal of both culture and
education — or, more exactly,
about education as «culturing» the young.10 At that point Plato introduced the first major modification in the
idea (though, as it turned out, not the practice) of paideia.
And in the course of that inquiry they quickly discover that
education is so closely connected with the life of a community that queries
about the aims of teaching and learning can not be answered unless
ideas about the character and the purposes of the society in which it is carried on are clarified first of all.
That's why not only is there generally no such thing as a good
education, but we have no
idea about how to obtain one for ourselves, much less impart one to our children.
With respect to value issues, no institution of higher
education can be either officially neutral or unofficially indifferent without falling into self - contradiction, since there can be no community gathered for humane scholarship apart from the institutionalization of certain values; for example, the value attached to truth - seeking, to
ideas, to disinterestedness, to empirical, evidential and rational procedures; or convictions
about the nonidiosyncratic and nonunivocal character of truth.
That's why we couldn't help but notice this story
about Frankly County superintendents and school principals who — at the urging of Massachusetts State
Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester — are exploring the
idea of offering breakfast - in - the - classroom.
Candace also writes
about learning crafts and
ideas in
education at NaturallyEducational.com or find her on
Education.com as a «JustAsk Expert ``.
Reading the book «Free Range
Education» (see Books about home education for details) may give you so
Education» (see Books
about home
education for details) may give you so
education for details) may give you some
ideas.
You can read more
about possible curricula that can be used as part of home
education in the page
about the curriculum minefield, or some
ideas about taking formal exams on the GCSE page.
All that said, I think it's important for advocates to be aware of the constraints of school lunch and to keep in mind that some of our
ideas about lunch may reflect our own preferences rather than the actual nutrition or nutrition
education school lunch offers.
LeadTogether is an online professional network of individuals in positions of leadership in schools and training centers inspired by Waldorf
Education — individuals who care
about growing, nurturing and guiding children, families and schools, and are open to sharing
ideas, successes, questions and resources with their colleagues.
After decades of failed
education policies, scientists, economists and educators are beginning to rethink their basic
ideas about what it takes to succeed in school.
I married early, too early even to finish university and pregnant too soon and too often thereafter to entertain any
idea about continuing my
education.
Capitalizing on ever - present public opinion, many districts are turning to the technology of the internet to get an
idea of how parents feel
about their child's
education, and capturing a strong voice.
The ways we engage with our friends, the preferences and hostilities we harbour, the views we have
about teachers, parents,
education, or people from other ethnic groups — however loosely held — can easily be «excavated» by the student of ideologies, who can then identify, classify and maybe even anticipate the
ideas and behaviour people display in their roles as members of a society.
If this is an
idea I'm falsely attributing to you (you seem a bit red in the face
about it) then why on earth do you wish the cost of student's
education to be shifted away from general taxation and onto individual students?
«It is one of
education, it's one of inclusion, it's one of tolerance but it is also
about exchanging innovations, exchanging
ideas and growing the economic and business relationship and that's something that we've enjoyed for a number of years.»
Even if we accepted the
idea of
education being first and foremost
about economic advantage, then we should ensure that our universities are preparing students to be future citizens at least as effectively as those of our «competitors».
«Henry Dimbleby, who proposed the
idea... said that Michael Gove, the Tory
Education Secretary, is «passionate»
about the plan... Some Conservatives have already sought to take ownership of the policy.
It was the governor's longest State of the State address so far — by
about a minute — and, according to Tom Precious, of The Buffalo News, «offered a toned - down plate of major spending
ideas,» and «made no bold pronouncements for historic spending initiatives, as Cuomo did last year with promises for record
education funding from Albany.»