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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate - and what we might do about it | Talk Vi... - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 31 Oct 14
     
    "Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN's Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world's countries can work together on climate" (deck, ¶1, 2014.10.31).
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Survival International - The movement for tribal peoples - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Oct 14
     
    "Watch this short, satirical film, written by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by actor and comedian David Mitchell, which tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of 'development'."
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Welcome | Global Issues in Language Education - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 24 Jul 14
     
    The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) GILE SIG "works to promote global awareness, international understanding, social responsibility and action to solve world problems through content-based language teaching drawing on fields such as global education, peace education, environmental education and human rights education" (Main page, Welcome, ¶1, 2014.07.10).
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Vision of Humanity - 0 views

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    "Vision of Humanity is a strong proponent of the need to further study, advocate and act on peace. It groups together a number of interrelated initiatives focused on global peace which enjoy the support of a wide range of philanthropists, business people, politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals. It brings a strategic approach to raising the world's attention and awareness around the importance of peace to humanity's survival in the 21st century" (A word from our founder, Steve Killelea, ¶3, 2014.08.26).
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Beyond Knowing Facts, How Do We Get to a Deeper Level of Learning? | MindShift - 0 views

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  • The elements that make up this approach are not necessarily new — great teachers have been employing these tactics for years. But now there’s a movement to codify the different pieces that define the deeper learning approach, and to spread the knowledge from teacher to teacher, school to school in the form of a Deeper Learning MOOC (massive open online course), organized by a group of schools, non-profits, and sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation.
  • So what defines deeper learning? This group has identified six competencies: mastering content, critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, collaboration, learning how to learn, and developing academic mindsets.
  • “Before we assess, we need to know what we are assessing for,” said Marc Chun, program officer at the Hewlett Foundation. What does effective collaboration look like? What does it really look like to be a critical thinker? These skill are more oriented towards process than content, making them difficult to assess in a standardized way.
  • Paul Beaufait on 26 Aug 14
     
    Schwartz (2014.02.28) acknowledged that approaches fostering deeper learning are not new, and pointed out related competencies derived from a MOOC. She also highlighted challenges of assessing such competencies.
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Vision | Global Digital Citizen Foundation - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 27 Aug 14
     
    "The Global Digital Citizen Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating responsible, ethical, global citizens for a digital world" (Vision, deck, 2014.08.27).
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INTERVIEW: Peter Senge on Education, Systems Thinking and Our Careers - 0 views

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  • We live in a world of increasingly complex and intractable problems. These are especially evident in the environmental and social domains. They range from climate change and destruction of ecosystems, to scarcity of water and other critical natural resources, and to the disproportionate effects these growing scarcities are having on the poor of the world
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      In this book..., ¶1
  • We have deep intractable social issues, such as youth unemployment around the world and the growing gap between rich and poor. All these ultimately are economic in the same sense that all social and environmental issues ultimately show up in our economic system. No one is very happy with the ability of their economies to establish pathways of sustainable progress
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      In this book..., ¶2
  • Without reflection, people tend to just assume their point of view is the right point of view and defend and argue from that point of view. Reflection is a key gateway that opens people to beginning to think together and move from just arguing for about who is right to collaboratively solving the problems we all face
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      For professionals..., ¶3 learning systems thinking: reflection
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  • In terms of people’s careers and opportunities both as employees and entrepreneurs, I believe the combined foundation of social, emotional, and systemic intelligence will be pivotal
  • businesses know very well that the skill sets they need today and in the future are very different than those in the past
  • they will need students who can think for themselves, work in teams, work with cross-cultural boundaries, and especially work together to solve complex ill-defined problems
  • Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
     
    Author interview by Sharlyn Lauby (2014.08/10) sharing "rationale ... [for] incorporating focus-related skill sets into education" (¶2).
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About the Ethnologue | Ethnologue - 0 views

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  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      About the ..., ¶1
  • Language descriptions in the Ethnologue are organized by world area, UN region, and country indicate region of use within countries list alternate language and dialect names specify the three-letter code from ISO 639-3 estimate speaker populations give genetic classification of the language describe language use and viability identify writing scripts used cite availability of literature and other products of language development
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      About the ..., ¶3
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    Catalog of languages of the world
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English proficiency the way forward - BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Da... - 0 views

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  • the competency that a person possesses and his confidence in communicating in the language does not happen overnight. Similarly it cannot be evaluated with just one exam or course
  • Paul Beaufait on 18 Sep 14
     
    This Sept. 14, 2014, article announced a national requirement for public university students in Malaysia to demonstrate proficiency in English before they graduate.
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Time to revive our love for the English language | Free Malaysia Today - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 18 Sep 14
     
    This Sept. 13, 2014, article announced a national requirement for public university students in Malaysia to demonstrate proficiency in English before they graduate.
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Farewell message from Director Takahashi of the Department of JET Programme Management ... - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 25 Sep 14
     
    "In order for Japanese people to be able to make necessary contributions and play an important role in the future of the world as a member of the international community, it is vital that Japanese people cultivate an interest in other countries. In particular, I have a strong desire to see the younger generation on which the future of Japan depends upon, look outward to the world."
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Schooling the World: Resources: Essays & articles - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Oct 14
     
    Essays on this Schooling the World resource page (2014.10.06) include: The Other Way of Knowing To Hell With Good Intentions Education is Ignorance Do Indigenous Peoples Benefit from "Development?" Indigenising Curriculum: Questions Posed by Baiga Vidya Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing Childhood in an Indian Village
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Abe Fellowship - Fellowships & Grants - Social Science Research Council - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Aug 15
     
    This page provides an overview of the Abe Fellowship Program, its purpose and research agenda: "The Abe Fellowship Program Committee seeks applications for research explicitly focused on policy-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that draw the study of the United States and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates" (Policy-Relevant, Contemporary, and Comparative or Transnational Research, ¶2) from eligible candidates every year by September 1st.
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Raising proficiency in English pivotal to next gen's future | theSundaily - 0 views

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    "Education Ministry secretary general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad said the future generations need to be equal or better in their English proficiency to compete in the rapidly changing globalised world" (Achariam, 2015). Achariam, Timothy. (2015, August 6). Raising proficiency in English pivotal to next gen's future. The Sun Daily [Kuala Lumpur]. Retrieved from http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1512360
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Speaking the global language - Education | The Star Online - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 12 Aug 15
     
    Rajaendram and Khor (2015) quoted an open letter from "a group of prominent Malaysian" that embraced integrative motivation for developing English proficiency: "'[I]f we aspire to be more proficient in the language, we are only trying to be better citizens of the world'" (¶4). What a breathe of fresh air among all the integrative motives that articles like this one often highlight! Rajaendram, Rebecca, & Khor, Ann-Marie. (2015, August 9). Speaking the global language. The Star Online, Education section. Retrieved from http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Education/2015/08/09/Speaking-the-global-language/
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Sea Surface Temperature | Climate Change | US EPA - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Mar 16
     
    This page dated 2015 provided graphs and data on sea surface temperature changes since 1880.
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The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters | Larry Ferlazzo's Web... - 0 views

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    "In order to make it on this list, the sites have to be accessible to English Language Learners and also provide engaging content."
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  • Paul Beaufait on 04 Apr 16
     
    "This policy paper, released for International Mother Language Day, argues that being taught in a language other than their own can negatively impact children's learning. It shows the importance of teacher training and inclusive supporting materials to improve the learning experience of these children, and provide them with a resilient path of achievement in life" (¶3).
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BBC Two - The Secret War on Terror, Episode 1 - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 15 Apr 16
     
    "This episode looks at how the West became involved in abductions, secret prisons and even torture...."
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Putnam (2001) on social capital - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 15 Apr 16
     
    "This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of social capital" (¶ 1 [PDF]). Putnam, R. (2001). Social capital: Measurement and consequences. Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2(1), 41-51. Retrieved from https://search.oecd.org/edu/innovation-education/1825848.pdf
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