Theory and practice of education - global (profiles and books)
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"Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 – 23 September 1973), known as A. S. Neill, was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill School, and its philosophies of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Neill was raised in Scotland, where he was a poor student but became a schoolteacher. He taught in several schools across the country before attending the University of Edinburgh from 1908 to 1912. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and returned to teaching afterwards. He joined the staff of a school in Dresden in 1921, which became Summerhill upon his return to England in 1924. Summerhill received widespread renown in the 1920s/30s and 1960s/70s due to progressive and counterculture interest. He wrote 20 books in his lifetime, and his best seller was the 1960 Summerhill, a compilation of four previous books about his school. The book was a common ancestor to activists in the 60s free school movement..."
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2014-09-27
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Critical pedagogue Ira Shor defines critical pedagogy as:
"Habits of thought, reading, writing, and speaking which go beneath surface meaning, first impressions, dominant myths, official pronouncements, traditional clich?s, received wisdom, and mere opinions, to understand the deep meaning, root causes, social context, ideology, and personal consequences of any action, event, object, process, organization, experience, text, subject matter, policy, mass media, or discourse." (Empowering Education, 129)
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Wikipedia
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2014-09-27
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"Google Search"
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2020-06-06
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2020-06-06
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Wikipedia
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2014-09-30
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56 links on methods of/approaches to education
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e Tekkatho
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2018-10-04
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"The International Bureau of Education (IBE) is a global centre in the area of curriculum development and a field-oriented institute supporting UNESCO action aimed at attaining quality Education for All.
The IBE is working towards enhancing the capacities for the design, management and implementation of curriculum development processes among specialists, practitioners and decision-makers; improving the quality of curriculum-making processes and products; and informing innovative policies and practices in the field of curriculum reform and change.
IBE capacity development activities concentrate on the strategic dimension of assistance and advice to, and training of, national teams responsible for curriculum innovation and reform processes. Networking activities focus on the support to a Community of Practice (COP) in Curriculum Development, a unique global network of curriculum specialists, practitioners, national officers and researchers.
IBE knowledge base consists of a wide range of specialized resources, including databases, reports, studies, working papers, publications, specialized collections and tools. This comprehensive set of resources can be exploited for a variety of purposes, including training and decision-making, and facilitate informed policy dialogue on specific educational and curriculum issues."
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
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2014-09-30
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English; Français; Español; Русский; العربية 中文;
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"Jean Piaget (9 August 1896 ? 16 September 1980) was a Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. His theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology".
Piaget placed great importance on the education of children. As the Director of the International Bureau of Education, he declared in 1934 that "only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual."
Piaget created the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva in 1955 while on the faculty of the University of Geneva and directed the Center until his death in 1980. The number of collaborations that its founding made possible, and their impact, ultimately led to the Center being referred to in the scholarly literature as "Piaget?s factory."
According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget was "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing." However, his ideas did not become widely popularized until the 1960s. This then led to the emergence of the study of development as a major sub-discipline in psychology..."
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Wikipedia
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2014-12-21
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CONTENTS:-
Theories:
Behavioralist;
Constructivist;
Social Learning Theories;
Post-Modern;
Adult Learning.....
Organizational Learning:
Contributions by Discipline;
Triggers;
Influencing Factors;
Agents;
Processes;
Interorganizational
Practice.....
Knowledge Management:
Challenges;
Processes;
Leadership;
Change.
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Wikibooks
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2014-09-30
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1 Adult Learning Theorists:-
1.1 John Seely Brown...
1.2 Alan Paivio...
1.3 David Ausubel.....
2 Organizational Learning Theorists:
2.1 Jerome Bruner;
2.1.1 Educational achievements;
2.1.2 References...
2.2 Elizabeth Tisdell:
2.2.1 Major Contributions to the Field of Learning;
2.2.2 References.....
3 Humanist Learning Theorists:
3.1 John Dewey;
3.1.1 Influences of John Dewey;
3.1.2 John Dewey?s Influence;
3.1.3 Experience and Education;
3.1.4 Criticisms of Traditional Education Theory;
3.1.5 Progressive Education;
3.1.6 Summary;
3.1.7 References...
3.2 Carl Rogers...
3.3 B.F. Skinner...
3.4 Chris Argyris...
3.5 Mary Field Belenky...
3.6 Jean Lave:
3.6.1 Elements of Theory;
3.6.2 Foundational and Elaboration...
3.7 Malcom Knowles...
3.8 Howard Gardner:
3.8.1 Major contribution;
3.8.2 Definition of intelligence;
3.8.3 References...
3.9 Peter Senge:
3.9.1 Who is Senge?
3.9.2 What is a Learning Organization?
3.9.3 Note to Dr. Fowler;
3.9.4 References...
3.10 Edward Thorndike:
3.10.1 The theorist?s major contribution to the field of Learning;
3.10.2 Who the theorist was influenced by, and How;
3.10.3 Who the theorist influenced, and How;
3.10.4 References...
3.11 Leon Festinger...
3.12 Albert Bandura...
3.12.1 Resources...
3.13 Lewin, Kurt;
3.13.1 References...
3.14 R.J. Stemberg...
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3.15 Marsh....
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3.16 Cyert...
3.17 Sch?n...
3.18 Jack Mezirow...
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Wikibooks
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2014-09-30
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"Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori and characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child?s natural psychological, physical, and social development. Although a range of practices exists under the name "Montessori", the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and the American Montessori Society (AMS) cite these elements as essential:
Mixed age classrooms, with classrooms for children ages 21⁄2 or 3 to 6 years old by far the most common...
Student choice of activity from within a prescribed range of options...
Uninterrupted blocks of work time, ideally three hours...
A constructivist or "discovery" model, where students learn concepts from working with materials, rather than by direct instruction...
Specialized educational materials developed by Montessori and her collaborators...
Freedom of movement within the classroom...
A trained Montessori teacher.
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Wikipedia
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2014-09-27
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"In 1993 and 1994, PROSPECTS published a series of profiles of 100 famous educators (including philosophers, statesmen, politicians, journalists, psychologists, poets, men of religion) from around of the world who have left their mark on educational thought."
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"Prospects"
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2014-09-30
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"Waldorf (Steiner) education is a humanistic approach to pedagogy based on the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy.
Waldorf pedagogy distinguishes three broad stages in child development. The early years education focuses on providing practical, hands-on activities and environments that encourage creative play. In the elementary school, the emphasis is on developing pupils? artistic expression and social capacities, fostering both creative and analytical modes of understanding. Secondary education focuses on developing both critical and empathetic understandings of the world through the study of mathematics, arts, sciences, humanities and world languages. Throughout, the approach stresses the role of the imagination in learning and places a strong value on integrating intellectual, practical, and artistic activities across the curriculum rather than learning each academic discipline as a separate concern.
The educational philosophy?s overarching goal is to develop free, morally responsible, and integrated individuals equipped with a high degree of social competence. Teachers generally emphasize formative (qualitative) over summative (quantitative) assessment methods. The schools have a high degree of autonomy to decide how best to construct their curricula and govern themselves.
The first Waldorf school opened in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany. At present there are 1,039 independent Waldorf schools,[1] about 2,000 kindergartens[2] and 646 centers for special education,[3] located in 60 countries. There are also Waldorf-based state schools,[4] charter schools and academies, and homeschooling[5] environments. The Waldorf method is a large independent alternative education movement, which has a worldwide following.[6][7] In Central Europe, where most of the schools are located,[1] the Waldorf approach has achieved general acceptance as a model of education.[8][9] Waldorf education has influenced mainstream education in Europe[10] and Waldorf schools and teacher training programs are funded through the state in many European countries. Public funding of Waldorf schools in some English speaking countries has been controversial, with questions being raised about the role of religious and spiritual content in or underlying the curriculum, and whether the science curriculum, which has achieved notable results, also includes pseudoscience and/or promotes homeopathy. The Waldorf movement has said that concerns over its stance on these matters are unfounded..."
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2014-09-27
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"Books in this subject area deal with education: any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual."
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Wikibooks
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2014-09-30
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Six years ago, when private schools were first allowed in Myanmar, Daw Khin Hnin Soe, co-founder of the Myanmar Metropolitan College (MMC), got the idea to bring international higher education to the country.
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"“The countries that are now ahead of Myanmar in education once used the international system,” she said.
Today, only private schools in Myanmar offer students international teaching methods. The education that is available to most Myanmar people totally differs from the international standard.
Myanmar’s average working class and middle class family can’t afford private schools, which cost K5 million to K10 million a year.
The average family needs scholarships offered by schools, work-study programmes, and student loans linked with banks to afford a quality education.
The free education system has prescribed criteria, she said. Seventy percent of students take advantage of education loans from banks with a variety of interest rates to finance their studies, she said.
Students at private schools have to apply for scholarships, study grants and study loans to access a quality education, as there are limits for their spending. Because of this, education institutions need to provide support, Daw Khin Hnin Soe said.
Scholarships that pay 30pc to 50pc of tuition costs can be applied for at Myanmar Metropolitan College, she said..."
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"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2019-10-30
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2019-10-31
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"In Finland: education policy (almost no homework, no standardized testing), speaking with Krista Kiuru, the Finnish Minister of Education. Moore notes that music and poetry have been eliminated in the American K-12 education system." (Wikipedia)
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Youtube
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2018-10-09
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Noam Chomsky and physicist Lawrence Krauss - Critical thinking, US role in the world etc. See Alternate URLs for more. Also search on Youtube.com
Noam Chomsky, Lawrence Krauss
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Youtube
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2016-10-02
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2016-11-13
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"As a means of investigating moral judgments of children, the author analyzes the rules of the game of marbles and the development of respect for rules which children acquire. Piaget traces the consciousness of rules as it develops in children through four stages: (1) A task of simple individual regularity, (2) A motor pleasure egocentrism, (3) A social cooperation idea, (4) An interest in rules for their own sake. Relationships between the child?s respect for the rules of a game and relations between the child and adults are shown. The study of moral values of the child was carried on by observation and interrogation. The origin of judgment of actions is traced to material consequences of an act and to intentions of an act. Moral realism is traced to causes peculiar to the spontaneous thought of the child and to causes brought by constraint by adults. Relations of cooperation tend to limit the constraint and obligatory rules. The theories of Durkheim, Fauconnet, Bovet, and Baldwin are discussed in the analysis of the child?s moral judgments. The conclusions emphasize the need for education where individual experimentation and reflection carried on together aid and balance one another. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)"
Jean Piaget
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Archive.org
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1948-00-00
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2014-12-22
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John Dewey
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Pennsylvania State University
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1916-00-00
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2014-09-30
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"... Experience and Education is a short book written in 1938 by John Dewey, a pre-eminent educational theorist of the 20th century. It provides a concise and powerful analysis of education. In this and his other writings on education, Dewey continually emphasizes experience, experiment, purposeful learning, freedom, and other concepts of progressive education. Dewey argues that the quality of an educational experience is critical and stresses the importance of the social and interactive processes of learning... "
John Dewey
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1938-00-00
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2014-09-30
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"...Universal education through schooling is not feasible. It would be no more feasible
if it
were attempted by means of alternative institutions built on the style of pres
ent schools.
Neither new attitudes of teachers toward their pupils nor the proliferation of e
ducational
hardware or software (in classroom or bedroom), nor finally the attempt to ex
pand the
pedagogue?s responsibility until it engulfs his pupils? lifetimes will deli
ver universal
education. The current search for new educational
funnels
must be reversed into the
search for their institutional inverse: educational
webs
which heighten the opportunity for
each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring.
We hope to contribute concepts needed by those who conduct such counterfoil research
on education--and also to those who seek alternatives to other established service
industries. ..
Ivan Illich
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Ivan Illich
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1970-00-00
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2014-09-27
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1st edition, 1970..."Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Portuguese: Pedagogia do Oprimido), written by educator Paulo Freire, proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society. It was first published in Portuguese in 1968, and was translated by Myra Ramos into English and published in 1970.[1] The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy.
Dedicated to what is called "the oppressed" and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between what he calls "the colonizer" and "the colonized".
In the book Freire calls traditional pedagogy the "banking model" because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. However, he argues for pedagogy to treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge."
Paolo Freire
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Paolo Freire
Date of publication:
1993-00-00
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2014-09-27
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