Why I hate school

... but love Education!

"I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate" picks up on the education topic but takes a different stance and angle from "Why I Hate School But Love Education". This poem talks about how we have been made to think about how education and getting university degrees can give us opportunities to have a better chance in making our dream careers a reality. It also touches on how as individuals we are judged and tested by how well we perform on exams, but not all people perform well in exams so why are they made out to feel like they're dumb? The inconsistencies of the education system are really peeled open to reveal a deep problem that needs to be addressed and how society's needs have changed to make this even more apparent.

When it boils down to it, why are we misled into thinking that education is the only way forward for successful means in our work and career lives? We need to open our minds and educate ourselves that exam results aren't the barometer of success and that we can't let them decide our fate. We are in charge of our own destinies!

In Youtube (adapted)

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Learning is for life

Lessons from Nelson Mandela

Helena Aguilar presents for Edutopia 'Lessons from Nelson Mandela's Life and Legacy'. In THIS article, she highlights his compassion, courage and commitment, and suggests bucking her lesson plans for next week and teach a mini-unit on Mandela. She hopes she'd make the decision to teach what feels like an invaluable lesson on a rare and phenomenal human being, and, I quote, "(...) to honor his life, and memory, to teach our children about courage and commitment and the kind of leadership that transforms. This is far more than a 'teachable moment' for our children: it's also one for us, as educators; it's a moment when we can reflect on our core values and the struggles for justice and equality within our own field of work."

Image credits: venspired.com

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The dark side of Education

'As schooling typically takes place during the day, we often forget the importance of lighting as a constraint to education in the developing world. We focus largely on pedagogy and little on access to energy.

A recent documentary by award-winning filmmaker Eva Weber entitled “Black Out” (which you can watch in the player above) captures the importance of energy to education. In its opening scene, hundreds of children in Guinea’s capital Conakry are too busy studying under the international airport’s parking lot lights to notice the sound of planes landing. The learners, none of whom have electricity at home, gather in publicly lit areas every night just to revise their school work.'

This piece was written by Phil Goodwin, executive director of Lifeline Technologies, the product development arm of Lifeline Energy. Read more about it HERE.

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Lily's plan

When the going gets tough...

... the tough get going!

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Portugal is living a severe economic crisis. Every sector in society is suffering with it! This week teachers are striking against what they believe is causing utter damages in Education. I'm not going to discuss political ideologies in this post, nor expressing my views on the teachers' strike. I just hope that the aftermath of these demonstrations doesn't bring with it bigger damages than the ones already caused by the ones that 'rule' us!

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Think... before complaining!

source: stock photos

photo credits: IRC Blog

photo credits: China Hush

                                 
                                                                                       source: Weird World

These boys and girls have to walk miles to go to school...

They have to cross dangerous footbridges, in Zimbabwe, pic.2; wading through treacherous roads in Pili village, China, pic.3; or sliding through a rope over a river, in Nepal, pic.4, to go to school. There's more @ MailOnline!...

They daily risk their lives for EDUCATION!

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The F-word

Rebranding teachers

A campaign that aims to rebrand teachers...

Studio 360 and its design teams were commissioned to address a unique design challenge. Recently they reached out to Brooklyn-based design firm, Hyperakt, to rebrand the concept of teaching. Education is the key to human progress, therefore teaching is among the most important professions for humanity. Our new visual vocabulary should capture the excitement and magic of activating the potential that is innate in every student. It should celebrate the process of developing ideas, reflect the collaborative nature of teaching and pay homage to existing visual tools used in teaching.

                                                  

Connecting the dots: visual maps, like teachers, help learners brainstorm ideas, reveal relationships, explain processes, tell stories and much more. 

Found both text and pictures at:
  Rebranding teachers (abridged and adapted)

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