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Themba Dlamini

Career Opportunities - Post Graduates Chemical, Textile, etc. - Phuzemthonjeni.com - 0 views

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Career Opportunities - Post Graduates Chemical Textile etc.

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  • Themba Dlamini on 01 Nov 11
     
    Career Opportunities - Post Graduates Chemical, Textile, etc.
Martyn Steiner

Project-Based Learning: a Primer - 4 views

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classroom education PBL project-based learning technology OER TWB

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  • Martyn Steiner on 06 Apr 12
     
    An easy to read and digest introduction to PBL - what it is, how it is implemented etc.
Teachers Without Borders

School Bullying and Current Educational Practice: Re-Imagining Theories of Educational ... - 1 views

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bullying research article schools

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  • Teachers Without Borders on 27 Mar 12
     
    Background/Context: Bullying within schools continues despite thoughtful and well-researched anti-bullying strategies deployed against it. The bulk of research targeted toward understanding and eradicating bullying within schools is of an empirical nature. In other words, through data collection, questionnaires, interviews, ethnography, observation, case studies, etc., researchers have sought to carefully assess bully/victim characteristics as well as the social processes that fuel bullying within schools. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: This project considers educational transformation (i.e., how we might transform those we educate) through a variety of pertinent, yet diverse, lenses. Specifically this paper is situated in the conviction that in order to stop bullying we must affect desire. We ask, then, how philosophical theories of transformation, specifically those regarding changes in dispositions, might contribute to our understanding of school bullying and current strategies aimed at reducing it. In short, the driving question underlying this project simply asks: how can we help the bully to no longer desire to bully?
Tiffany Hoefer

Commonwealth of Learning - Training Educators - 0 views

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training odl pbl theory addie instructional design ict Projectbasedlearning

shared by Tiffany Hoefer on 10 Aug 12 - Cached
  • Tiffany Hoefer on 10 Aug 12
     
    Nice resource from which to pluck particular needs. Module 1 & 9 could help ict, module 2 with teaching theory, design principles, module 5 with methods of delivery and learner support - other modules could help back up theory and/or practice - modules for guides, needs analysis, etc.
Meghan Flaherty

Celebrating Peace! Awesome peacemaking resources for children and their families - 1 views

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peace_education children

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  • Meghan Flaherty on 15 Jul 10
     
    site with resources (book lists, printable coloring pages, etc.) for peace education with young children
Voytek Bialkowski

World Vision New Zealand :: Education : Games - 0 views

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human_rights_education human_rights OER educational_games

shared by Voytek Bialkowski on 05 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Participants get enthused by these problem-solving simulation experiences based on real life. Students "step into the shoes" of others, to face the decisions they face and appreciate how different life can be from their own.
  • Related education resources and internet connection programmes are available to support a unit of learning based around each game. If you experience problems running these games try opening them in Internet Explorer. If you continue to experience problems please contact our Education team today. Participation is FREE. Scroll down for more details about each game.
  • Voytek Bialkowski on 05 Mar 10
     
    Several simulation-based educational games based on relevant issues of freedom, human rights, war & conflict, etc. Each game is accompanied by a variety of teaching resources/deliverables/etc. Created & copyright by World Vision but free to use.
Voytek Bialkowski

PDHRE: Human Rights Communities - 0 views

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human_rights human_rights_education OER case_study

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  • Voytek Bialkowski on 26 Feb 10
     
    PDHRE's project on Human Rights Cities, focus on the city as a geographical unit for education & change. Grassroots organization & affiliation with local officials, non-profits, etc. Potential use as a case study.
Fred Mednick

Human Rights Education - Material Resources - 0 views

www1.umn.edu/edumat

human rights activism

shared by Fred Mednick on 05 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Voytek Bialkowski on 05 Mar 10
     
    Index of various material resources including educator guides, activities, articles, etc. "The Human Rights Education Series" link offers access to a particularly robust & comprehensive program divided into six "Topic Books" ranging from economic & social justice topics, advocacy, & religious education.
Voytek Bialkowski

Resources Guidelines for Human Rights-Based Schooling - 0 views

www.hrea.org/index.php

human_rights_education human_rights theory

shared by Voytek Bialkowski on 05 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Approaches to human rights-based schooling In this section, you will find three manuals outlining very different approaches to the implementation of human rights schooling - a more theoretical UNESCO guide, a more legalistic and declarationist approach by ActionAid, and a more pragmatic, activist-oriented handbook by Katarina Tomaševski. By no means do these approaches have to be differentiated - it is possible to formulate a unique approach based upon a number of perspectives. Only you know what approach is right for your institution.
  • Voytek Bialkowski on 05 Mar 10
     
    Portal with links to three major theoretical approaches to human-rights based schooling. The theoretical models are outlined in some manner of handbook or extended mission statement outlining valuable information on best practices, curriculum development, etc. Handbooks are in PDF.
Teachers Without Borders

A Talking Book for Africa | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education - 1 views

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TWB Africa Ghana literacy ICT4D Education4All education talking_book

shared by Teachers Without Borders on 19 Dec 09 - Cached
  • The 'Talking Book' is a low-cost audio device device with recording capabilities -- imagine a rubbery MP3 player about the size of a grapefuit -- rather ingeniously engineered (and re-engineered) to meet specific needs and usage scenarios in very poor communities in Africa.  It is designed for use in local languages, using locally produced content, as tool to promote literacy among primary school children (to cite just one goal and target group). One way to think of the device, Cliff said, is as a  'small portable computer without a display'.  While the project is still in its pilot stages, it is notable for its express interest in investigating solutions that are low cost and scalable from the beginning, and in rigorously monitoring and evaluating the impact of its interventions.
  • Literacy Bridge began, he said, with the idea that the most effective approach towards ending global poverty requires empowering people with better access to knowledge, and that those in greatest need are impeded by illiteracy, disability, and inadequate infrastructure. (Here's video from a talk Cliff gave at Google about the project's goals and approach to development.) The project is operationally very lean, supported financially by hundreds of individual donations and by thousands of volunteer hours. 
  • I have never heard a presentation from a project proponent about the development of an ICT device (of whatever sort) meant to be used by poor people that contained so many comments like what I heard from Cliff: "our users told us"; "we learned from our users that ..."; "what we found out when speaking with and observing our users caused us to radically change how we were thinking, and so we re-designed ..." etc.  The iterative, user-centric design process the Literacy Bridge has been engaged in to develop the Talking Book stands in stark contrast to that demonstrated by most (almost all?) of the 'ICT for development' initiatives in the education sector that come through our offices here at the World Bank. 
Teachers Without Borders

UNICEF - At a glance: Haiti - Field Diary: Camp's children excited about going back to ... - 0 views

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Haiti schools earthquake UNICEF education

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  • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 31 March, 2010 – You only have to mention the word 'school' and a sparkle comes into Taïma Celestin's dark brown eyes. It's not hard to understand why. The scheduled reopening of Haiti's schools on 5 April will be the first real opportunity for this confident 10-year-old to leave what is today her home – a tiny lean-to covered with a blue tarpaulin in a former sports ground in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince.
  • During the day, Taïma joins several hundred other children for informal classes run by volunteer teachers inside two large white tents that were provided by UNICEF along with 'School-in-a-box' kits full of learning materials, and a recreation kit.The classes are noisy but good-natured. They pause briefly to allow members of a local non-governmental organization to distribute fruit juice and snacks to the children.
  • It may be part of the healing process that has led children in the camp to invent their own name for the earthquake. "When we talk about it among ourselves, we call it 'Monsieur Gudoo-Gudoo'," Taïma says, shaking her arms in rhythm to the words, "because that was the noise it made."
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  • "I used to find children having panic attacks at night," says Dr. Bertrand. "But since the classes started, I haven't seen kids nearly so distressed."
  • For Taïma, as for many children, the prospect of going back to school is exciting. "It'll be a great day for me, especially the math and French classes," she says, referring to her favourite subjects.
  • "When I get to school," she says, "I will also find out which of my friends are alive, and which ones are dead."
Teachers Without Borders

The Mobile Web is NOT helping the Developing World... and what we can do about it. By N... - 0 views

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mobile phones development developing nations mosoko Kenya

shared by Teachers Without Borders on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • The 2 billion phones being used in the developing world are really great at making and receiving voice calls and text messages: Why not shape the internet experience to meet the specs of every phone's inherent functionality (voice!) rather than requiring devices to have specs that quite frankly aren't going to be realistic for many years to come?
  • In Kenya there are countless SMS-based applications that provide subscribers with a different mobile web experience: helping people find jobs, keep up to date with sports scores, get weather information, find a date, get information about commodity prices, etc... All content we expect from a mobile web-experience, but now it can be accessed on any phone in Kenya.
  • Jonathan Ledlie and I are starting to build an audio equivalent to the web that can be accessed from any phone in the world. We're enabling people to make audio homepages where they can record interactive content (in any of Kenya's 1000+ languages) to whomever they wish; telling the family history, listing their CV, anything that the traditional homepage can be used for. But perhaps our most promising audio application is moSoko (soko is marketplace in Swahili) - like Craig's List, but for East Africa and through an audio interface.
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