Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Learning the alphabet or computer code?
Today mastering computer programming is like learning the alphabet centuries ago. That’s why an initiative called Hour of Code attempts to get children interested in learning computer languages at early age. And they’re good at it as turns out. The program hatched from a partnership between big Read More...
Using the Olympics to teach English to one million Brazilians
Speaking English means access to the world. That’s today’s reality of travel and the Internet. But there are still a lot of places where English is hardly spoken. Brazil is such a place. That’s why English First, and international English teaching school, has partnered with the Brazilian Read More...
Teachers re-think the benefits of video games
Videogames pose extreme competition to schools. Games are fun; class is dull. That’s why video games have all but been banned from classrooms, but that tide may be changing as teachers discover that fun may stimulate learning… Minecraft is a videogame where you can build anything you want in a Read More...
A classroom without teachers that comes to remote places
In Nigeria an estimated 10 million children don’t go to school. A new approach to education called the Hello Hub uses the latest technology to bring a classroom to remote villages. The Hello Hub is a solar powered kiosk that has a computer filled with educational games and Internet connectivity. Read More...
Google wants to hire people who can make mistakes
A graduation from the best universities is your ticket to the best jobs. Right? Google recently discovered that this notion is false and that overachievers often have a genius complex: An inability to take ownership or learn from their mistakes. And in the fast moving world of the web that’s a Read More...
Letting kids play helps them learn
We all remember those long days in elementary school where you just wanted to go outside and play, but were stuck inside learning all day. A new program called “Brain Breaks” has students engage in physical activity between school lessons. The program has been proven to increase academic Read More...
Writing with pen and paper is better for learning
Writing with a pen and paper has almost become a thing of the past. But before you throw all your pens in the trash you might want to keep a few to use when taking notes. Writing with pen and paper is more conducive to learning. When you write with a pen and paper you put your notes in your own Read More...
5 tips for making history
Oral history for beginners. Truska Bast | July/August Issue 2012 1. Determine your central question. What is it you want to find out? Your interests will probably shift during the project, but make sure you have a focus. Delineate your territory to keep from getting bogged down. Also, ask Read More...
Running for our lives
In a small Haitian town devastated by the earthquake, communal jogging is helping kids rebuild their shattered lives. Sara Bernard | July/August 2011 issue When I was volunteering for All Hands Volunteers in Léogâne, Haiti—building schools, visiting orphanages and clearing the rubble from Read More...
Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are
By: Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-chief Nigerian novelist Ben Okri tackles the really big questions of our time: inequality, immigration, education and, yes, love. He does this by looking at the world and then deep inside himself until he touches the source of his own truth. We live in an age when sound Read More...