Colleagues I have to further address. We have to address the rights claim, pointing to worldview roots issues. And expose how the polarisation that has been...
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kairosfocus
Aug 11, 2012 2:45 pm
This speaks for itself, courtesy Suart Varney, now of Fox News (and Daily Mail): Her closing wish for forgiveness and reconciliation thereby are well worth ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 12, 2012 9:35 am
Colleagues: Ms Rachel's response is a classic, and a further lesson in graciousness. An object lesson as to where the real stirring up of hostility lies, and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 12, 2012 12:46 pm
Daphne Koller of Coursera has given a recent TED talk in which she highlights the revolutionary possibilities for online learning: (The 20+ minute video is...
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kairosfocus
Aug 13, 2012 5:34 am
Colleagues The digital, web based education revolution is upon us. The question, is whether we can surf the wave or will be swamped by it. Also, notice how...
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kairosfocus
Aug 14, 2012 8:10 am
Last time, when we looked at Daphne Koller's TED talk, we highlighted a pivotal 1984 result from famous education researcher Benjamin Bloom, the Two-Sigma...
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kairosfocus
Aug 14, 2012 11:44 am
Colleagues: Today, I want to zoom in on the two-sigma effect and its implications for our views about the way our education systems separate the "bright" from...
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kairosfocus
Aug 15, 2012 12:03 pm
Some people are just not ready to learn a given topic, others need a lot of help and some "breeze through" easily. Why is that? Where do intelligence and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 15, 2012 4:06 pm
Colleagues Further thoughts on underlying research and views on understanding, learning, cognitive development and curriculum transformation. I am focussing on...
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kairosfocus
Aug 16, 2012 12:41 pm
As I look at the heading for this post, I think: we are getting close to being seriously technical about curriculum development. I will have to watch that, and...
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kairosfocus
Aug 16, 2012 1:35 pm
Colleagues: I am moving on to dealing with curriculum development. I have in mind local education system challenges, I have in mind institutional needs shared...
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kairosfocus
Aug 17, 2012 10:25 am
All across the nominally Anglophone Caribbean, English Language competence is a bugbear. Sometimes, even, among those who have passed their CXC's or the...
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kairosfocus
Aug 17, 2012 1:04 pm
Colleagues: A reader raised the question of remediation of poor English Language skills. I have responded as below; by way of sketches towards an actual...
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kairosfocus
Aug 18, 2012 9:38 pm
The tensions are again ratcheting up in the Middle East, with talk of a month-long conflict involving an Israeli strike against Iran and conflict with several...
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kairosfocus
Aug 20, 2012 11:17 am
Colleagues: Sobering heads up info on the ME. Do take time to read the update link. Then, do hit dem prayer bones, hard hard hard. G +++++++++++ ...
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kairosfocus
Aug 23, 2012 4:37 pm
With Tropical Storm Isaac moving on after a side-swipe, let's return to the question of renewing our approach to education. In this case, for Mathematics, this...
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kairosfocus
Aug 24, 2012 12:38 pm
Colleagues: Math is a critical school subject for long term development of our region and for the career prospects of our youth. We need to re-think math ed in...
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kairosfocus
Aug 29, 2012 5:00 pm
I think we now need to make up our minds on a values issue. While it has been thought in some quarters that a mastery-based learning approach can be disruptive...
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kairosfocus
Aug 30, 2012 1:46 pm
Colleagues I have been busy elsewhere and on other things for several days, so took time to get back, Sorry. We need to ponder the justice issue and think...
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kairosfocus
Sep 2, 2012 12:38 am
Following up on a conversation today, I decided to check back on where the sort of tablets that would work for the digitalised education initiatives in view...
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kairosfocus
Sep 4, 2012 1:37 pm
Colleagues: We are now in the hot zone for the predicted 7" Android Tablets for about US$ 120. Indeed, one that looks like a good el cheapo buy is at about UD$...
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kairosfocus
Sep 9, 2012 12:08 am
According to a Sept 8 2012 Jerusalem Post article, the young Iranian Pastor who had been previously sentenced to death by hanging for the alleged crime of...
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kairosfocus
Sep 10, 2012 12:27 pm
Colleagues, Let us rejoice with this man, his family, the church in Iran and the people who stood up for him. Then, let us redouble our focus and effort. G ...
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kairosfocus
Sep 11, 2012 1:26 pm
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks that marked a break in world history, defining our time. The burning WTC towers on 9-11 9-11 + 11 years, with...
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kairosfocus
Sep 11, 2012 1:38 pm
Colleagues: Let us remember 9-11. Today, we can watch the CNN feed from that day. G ++++++++ ...
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kairosfocus
Sep 14, 2012 3:30 pm
I have asked permission to host the following radio commentary made by an elder of my local congregation in response to current trends, which seems to be of...
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kairosfocus
Sep 14, 2012 3:48 pm
Colleagues Having heard it on ZJB radio, I have thought it important to host the following prophetic warning by an elder of my home congregation here, that...
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kairosfocus
Sep 15, 2012 1:52 pm
Let us begin by observing the riotous torching of a KFC restaurant in Tripoli, Lebanon, on the excuse of a recently prominent Youtube video that mocks the...
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kairosfocus
Sep 15, 2012 2:44 pm
Colleagues: As is usual on this sort of thing, there is far more to the story than the typical news we have been seeing. G ++++++++++++++ ...
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kairosfocus
Sep 16, 2012 10:22 pm
The Globe and Mail -- along with many other international media sources -- announces: Libya arrests 50 over deadly attack on US consulate WASHINGTON — Agence...
