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The Ciclo Basico School in Bahia Blanca, Argentina

by Cate

by :: Cate Visiting schools around the world is something I love to do. So Pamela set up a few school visits for me when I was in Bahia Blanca, Argentina for the FAAPI conference. This week I’m going to share photos from the 3 schools I visited. Below are photos from the first school, called [...]

Sleepy? Go to the Kennedy School

by Cate

by :: Cate What? Sleep in school? Where in the world can you fall asleep in school and not get in trouble? At the Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon. Built in 1915, this beloved Northeast Portland neighborhood school closed its doors in the late 70′s. The building remained abandoned until brothers Brian and Mike McMenamin converted the school into a hotel, [...]

4 Kid’s Books that Promote Cross-Cultural Awareness

by Cate

by :: Cate If you’d like to cultivate intercultural competence in kids, a great place to start is with developing curiosity, openness to, and respect for difference. Books that take a cross-cultural peek at daily life around the world are fantastic resources for helping young kids develop the attitudes on which further intercultural knowledge and skills [...]

A Quick Observation and a Question

by Cate

Just a quick observation and a couple questions… A few nights ago I was chatting with a new Facebook Friend from Argentina about the need for a car (or lack thereof) and the age at which kids can get their driver’s licence in our respective countries. If I remember correctly, 17 is the minimum age in Argentina. In the [...]

What Started Everything

by Cate

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that I’m obsessed interested in education, culture, and the world. But what started this obsession interest? I’ve always been drawn to other languages and cultures. But I sure didn’t have that affinity towards school. I was the kid who, when asked my favorite school subjects, answered lunch and recess. [...]

Celebrate Peruvian Teachers

by Anamaria

If you know a teacher from Peru, don’t forget to wish them a Happy Teacher’s Day today. The Día del Maestro is has been celebrated on July 6 since 1953. Happy Teacher’s Day to all Peruvian educators!

Malaysia: How Many A’s Are Too Many?

by Cate

This blog post about a current issue in Malaysian education caught my eye. How much is too much when it comes to test-taking and grades? The government recently announced a reshuffling in the education system by requiring students sitting for the SPM examinations to take a maximum of ten subjects from 2010 onwards. SPM, short [...]

Individualism and Collectivism :: What Does this Cultural Dimension Have to Do with Education?

by Anamaria

Culture School is in session! In this series, we take an aspect of intercultural theory and apply to daily life. Basically, our goal is to expose those cultural moonwalking bears. And because this blog is about culture and education, we consider each topic in the context of the classroom. photo by maryatexitzero In two previous [...]

School Snapshot :: Southeast Middle School in a Voicethread

by Cate

It’s School Snapshot time again! Pamela recently showed me this voicethread (a narrated slide show) that her ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students created about Southeast Middle School in Greensboro, NC. The neat thing about voicethreads is that you can record, write or even draw a comment on them – just click on [...]