The importance of early childhood education is directly related to the benefits it provide to the children’s language, physical and cognitive development during the typical childhood development of brain connections. As teachers we must, as much as possible, use the …
Recalling family’s role in the learning process: take two
“There are official searchers, inquisitors. I have seen them in the performance of their function: they always arrive extremely tired from their journeys (…) they talk with the librarian of galleries and stairs; sometimes they pick up the nearest volume …
Learning Everywhere
A continuity project beyond the response to the Covid-19 Pandemic The current public health emergency has raised a multiplicity of concerns, which together represent probably the greatest challenge of this century. After an unprecedented global call for social isolation to …
Higher Education after COVID-19: a world of opportunities
“Many short-term emergency measures will become a fixture of life. That is the nature of emergencies. They fast-forward historical processes.” Yuval Noah Harari When COVID stroke in Europe, in late February 2020, raising more questions faster than we were able …
In a world of non-stop connection and endless opportunities for learning, how to choose the best technological solution for education?
In our contemporary world computers play an essential role in every sphere of our lives. Within this perspective technology has a profound impact in the way we communicate, we work, we engage, we teach, and we learn. Moreover, in the …
Creativity and its non-obvious uses
“Oh, but I’m not an artist, I don’t paint, I don’t dance, I don’t sing or sculpt statues or write plays, where do I develop or apply creativity?” The formulation may seem semi-absurd and reductive, but I have heard it …
Unleash your traveller’s spirit!
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”, Andre Gide It is holidays time for many of us around the globe! Time for a brief pause on our daily school and work …
Wonder a world full of honey
Are there curious nature explorers or fearless world wonders out there?! Although the adage tells “curiosity killed the cat”, the truth is curiosity is an excellent engine towards exploration, discovery, learning, imagination, and almost endless possibilities if interesting and quality …
Find out your symphony
“Movement is the song of the body.” Vanda Scaravelli Over the last few weeks of confinement in most regions around the globe, some people took the time to finally keep the new year’s resolution of exercising more, and others enjoyed …
Transcending connections – the human component behind the screen
As the first measures concerning the new COVID-19 were carried out, schools suspended the classes until further notice and teachers were suddenly thrown onto unknown land, with an equally alien concept to master: ERT – Emergency Remote Teaching. No, that …
