Further research has been released supporting the benefits of nurturing emotional intelligence rather than cognitive intelligence up till age six. This means that education should focus on games, music, art, social skills, teamwork, nature appreciation, experiential learning rather than maths, reading and writing which can be picked up gently rather than force feeding and entrance …
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Magnetricity demonstrated
The world of electro-magnetism appears to overlap the world of spirituality. We’ve know for a couple of centuries that electricity creates a magnetic field. Now researchers have demonstrated magnetic particles behaving like electricity to conduct a charge. It’s demonstrated at the atomic level and in very cold conditions so we’re not going to start lighting …
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Looking at the dawn of time.
A telescope sent far in to space to study the oldest light in the Universe has returned its first images. The Planck observatory is surveying radiation that first swept out across space just 380,000 years after the Big Bang (15,000,000,000 years ago). The light holds details about the age, contents and evolution of the cosmos. …
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Education – Kurt Hahn
From Kurt Hahn and the Aims of Education by Thomas James Kurt Hahn was suspicious of presumed excellence; he paid scant attention to the glories of unsurpassed individual performance, whether it be on the playing fields at Eton or the examination ordeal of the German gymnasium. He understood, as few educators have so well, the …
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History Commons
Chatting with a friend about current events and 9/11 prompted me to look at Loose Change – Final Cut, a documentary about 9/11. An eponymous Colonel is mentioned in the first 15 minutes, so I looked up Colonel Steve Butler on the web, which led to a comprehensive reference on History Commons and a 9/11 …
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The problem with PowerPoint
25 years of power point presentations and its almost become a part of our vocabulary. “Let’s see the powerpoint” or “Send me the ppt”. Here’s a potted history and some tips on making it work well for you. BBC: The problem with PowerPoint – 25 years of PowerPoint
More evidence: females outperform.
Another study, now from the UK, shows that women outperform men at university level. A Higher Education Policy Institute report shows that women are more likely to get places in the top universities and go on to get better grades. This should not be surprising after all females have more DNA than males and are …
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Entrepreneurship Education
A new report in a valuable area has been released by the World Economic Forum. It is a bit institutionally long winded but has valuable recommendations and worthy objectives. Entrepreneurship Education Executive Summary pdf Full Report pdf
Entrepreneurship
A Special Report by The Economist. While it is the big companies and their CEO’s that get the headlines and the red carpet treatment, it is the small and medium sized businesses that make up the bulk of the world’s economy. They are the employers of most people, produce the most goods. They also are …
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Legalisation is the least bad solution: stop the drug wars and save money.
How to stop the drug wars – An unusual leader for The Economist, and perhaps a bit surprising in this economic crisis. But the arguments are sound. In a nutshell, prohibition doesn’t work, it rewards criminals, penalises poor farmers, and costs governments much money. Legalisation, though imperfect would save billions and allow governments to focus …
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