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sarahbunting

ContactPoint | Social Justice: What's the Career Practitioner's Role? - 0 views

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shared by sarahbunting on 08 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • sarahbunting on 08 Dec 14
     
    With my keen interest in social justice, I thought this was a great article to end the year on. This article summarizes much of what I feel about poverty and social justice. Career counselling is very client focused, and poverty is a socially constructed issue, and often the barriers our clients face are external to themselves. At the end the author sites how we must work with the community to make meaningful change for our clients. This is of utmost importance to me.
michwilson

Building connected networks is the most important skill of the 21st century - 0 views

http://www.itbusiness.ca/blog/building-connected-networks-is-the-most-important-skill-of-the-21st-century/51052 This article talks about the importance of building networks in the 21st century, wh...

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colinsarkany

What Does "The World Is Flat" Mean for Education?: A Closer Look at Our Educational Glo... - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/does-world-flat-mean-education

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shared by colinsarkany on 02 Nov 14 - Cached
  • events that have leveled the global playing field. He refers to ten "flatteners": things that have enabled us to connect with the rest of the world much more easily than ever before. Events such as the fall of the Berlin wall, Netscape going public, and the new world of "technologies on steroids" -- cell phones, wireless devices, always being connected, and so on -- have made our world a new place.
  • if you had the choice between being born a B+ student in Brooklyn or a genius in Bangalore, India, you'd rather be born the B+ student in Brooklyn, because your life opportunities would be so much greater in Brooklyn, even as a B+ student. Today, you'd much rather be born a genius in Bangalore, because when the world is flat, and you can plug and play, collaborate and connect, just like you can from Brooklyn, your life chances and opportunities hold more potential than ever before.
  • "what we learn today in school will be outdated by tomorrow, and therefore, the most successful people in the 'flat world' will be those who can adapt and learn quickly
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  • In recent years, many political and socioeconomic barriers have slowly been removed, and huge technological advances have been made.
  • I'm exhilarated by what this means for me, the teachers in my building, and the students we teach. We have the power to make great strides with what we're given. The challenge will be how to take advantage of all this in the educational setting, and try to make sure our classrooms are flat."
  • colinsarkany on 02 Nov 14
     
    This article is part review and part thought-provoker in relation to education and Friedman's Flat world. The article primarily reviews the flattening forces, in very little detail, but throws a twist in at the end as it talks specifically about the education system. It is suggested that classrooms become "flat" as well so that everyone is given the same chance to be involved.
colinsarkany

Free-Trade: America's Big Bet - Business Insider - 0 views

www.businessinsider.com/trade-americas-big-bet-2014-11

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shared by colinsarkany on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • the realm of geopolitics. America and China are pursuing three separate tracks towards trade pacts that would help define the future of trans-Pacific commerce. One of the three does not include China, another excludes the United States. The third is still pie in the sky.
    • colinsarkany
      colinsarkany on 17 Nov 14
       
      I know this is a news article, but "pie in the sky" is filler, and tells you nothing, except that maybe its a lofty goal? but the article hasn't even explained what a potential goal or arrangement this covers. 
  • The furthest advanced is the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), in which China plays no part. On a parallel track, though further behind, is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which covers only Asian countries and includes China, plus several countries that are also negotiating the TPP.
  • Nearly 50 years after it was first proposed, it is gaining traction due to the emergence of RCEP and TPP initiatives and the continuing stalemate in global trade negotiations."
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  • the TPP is the most ambitious in the short term. It is dominated by America and Japan and also includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Together these countries account for about 40% of global GDP, making it one of America's biggest potential free-trade agreements (FTAs).
  • the TPP is not just aimed at dismantling tariff barriers. It is also meant to tackle tough issues such as intellectual property, services, government procurement, labour and environmental standards. Since its members include economies such as Vietnam and Malaysia whose supply chains depend on cheap labour, negotiations were always likely to be tricky
  • TPP failure would be a disaster
  • There is still time for him and Mr Abe to rescue the trade talks. But unless Mr Obama leads from the front, America's own leadership in the Pacific will seem less convincing than he has repeatedly promised.
  • colinsarkany on 17 Nov 14
     
    This is a recent article published on "Business Insider" in regards to current free-trade negotiations in the Pacific. 
christinawright

Josh Kaufman: It Takes 20 Hours Not 10,000 Hours To Learn A Skill - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...t-10000-hours-to-learn-a-skill

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shared by christinawright on 30 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • christinawright on 30 Nov 14
     
    "For career skills, the focus is on performing well enough to produce a result that's meaningful to you. For personal skills and hobbies, the focus is on enjoying the process and having fun. In these instances, the "10,000 hour rule" and the idea of "mastery" can actually serve as barriers to sitting down to practice - if you believe it takes that long to see results, you're less likely to start in the first place. The real priority is to practice enough to get the results you're looking for, not to attain a certain level of status or competitive performance."
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