From Flickr: We visited a small school in a remote fishing village on the Atlantic coast. There were very few teaching aids, just a chalkboard, but the children and 2 teachers seemed enthusiastic. These 3 were fascinated by my hairy legs. Photos by :: John Spooner Are you from, or have to been to, Mauritania? [...]
A few weeks ago a colleague asked if she could interview me for a grad school project. There was only one interview question: Who was your favorite teacher and why? At first, the question did not seem to be very difficult…
When I was in 9th grade in Romania, an international teacher from the U.S. walked into my classroom and changed my life. His name was John, and my classmates and I absolutely loved him.
Back in July Álvaro wrote up a School Snapshot and today he’s talking about education in Spain, his experience teaching abroad, and what Bablingua offers Spanish teachers…
I’ve been wanting to point you to an article we posted way back in February – Sleeping in School – A Cultural Thing? – due to readers’ comments about this topic.
by :: Cate Check out this great resource by Oxfam: Cool Planet and meet 4 kids who live in various countries around the world: :: Anusibuno – Zuo, Ghana. :: Sasha – Lekarstvennoye, Russia. :: Cidinha – Ludovico, Brazil. :: Shakeel – Hyderabad, India. Follow these students through a typical day, from waking up and going to school to playing. Learn about [...]
by :: Anamaria It’s all about you: our readers. No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean! We know our readers are passionate about education. And that [...]
by :: Cate Pamela and I are working on a project that helps students develop their cultural, language, and technology skills (we’ll share the project with everyone in a couple weeks). So when I was in Argentina in September, Pamela planned her classes so I could visit some of her students right around the time they were working [...]
photo by Svenstorm
