“Hoop Dreaming”
Combining sports and education, and motivated by faith, Hassan Fofana is helping dreams come true for students in…
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Cultural Considerations in Education
It is essential for people who work internationally or in multicultural settings to familiarize themselves with implications of…
Questioning Techniques and Wait Time
Socrates is the first known philosopher to have used questioning in a systematic way with an ethical purpose…
Ability or Disability: An Unforgettable Experience at a Specialist School
Every human is precious with a special quality, and there are quite many of them at specialist schools.…
Advanced Placement Phenomenon
Two national news magazines, U.S. News and Newsweek, annually publish lists of America’s Best High Schools. While Newsweek…
Character Education for Academic Achievement
This article explores whether character education has an impact on preventing school violence through the virtues that it…
The Education of Gifted Children
Humans are created with different levels of ability. A person who is talented in one specific field may…
Turning the Tables to Build Intercultural Friendships
Introduction It is usually easy to associate with people from one’s own culture. Why step out of your…
Understanding Today’s Schools with Chaos Theory
Today’s schools are more complex systems than the one-room schools of the past. However, most of the beliefs…
How to Become a Bad Teacher
Teachers are entrusted with the jewels of life: Our children. Sometimes teachers may be overwhelmed with this very…
Master and Disciple: An Essay on Joachim Wach
“Master and Disciple: Two Religio-Sociological Studies” is a paper written by Joachim Wach. At the beginning of the…
Service-Learning: An Alternative Teaching and Pedagogy
Civic commitment has been a major emphasis of education around the world since ancient times. Public education was…
Love of Animals in a Contemporary Student of a Timeless Teacher
Love of animals is a part of the love of the creation. This love is a consequence of…
Advocating for Gifted and Talented Student Programs
Our school systems need to advocate for curricula differentiation and for grouping gifted and talented students. Advocates of…
The Virtual University and E-Learning
The perennial questions How do people learn? and What do they need to know? have challenged educators since…