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Citizenship for an Interconnected World 3 Replies

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Tools or toys? 1 Reply

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From August to June, Film Screening at Eliot Lyman room, second floor of Larsen Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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January 30, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm
After 30 years of watching the public open classroom where his wife taught, and admiring at a distance the model for learning that evolved, Tom Valens couldn’t miss the opportunity to film her last class from beginning to end.  And so he was there the day school started and many days thereafter: one man with a camera and a tripod, trying to stay out of the way as kids skipped from one activity to another, listening on headphones for events in other parts of the building, and sometimes rushing,…See More
Anneliese Lenaghan might attend CMEI's event Saturday
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Constance Flanagan at Tufts at Lincoln Filene Hall, Tisch College, Tufts University, Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Hall, Medford Campus

March 26, 2012 from 4:30pm to 6pm
University of Wisconsin Professor Constance Flanagan has won the 2012 Tisch Research Prize, which recognizes her career of distinguished research on young people's civic engagement. The award will be presented at Lincoln Filene Hall, Tisch College, Tufts University on March 26 from 4:30-6 pm. Following a very brief ceremony, Peter Levine will interview her about her work and major findings. The audience will then join the conversation about what encourages young people to develop as active…See More
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From August to June, Film Screening at Eliot Lyman room, second floor of Larsen Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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January 30, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm
After 30 years of watching the public open classroom where his wife taught, and admiring at a distance the model for learning that evolved, Tom Valens couldn’t miss the opportunity to film her last class from beginning to end.  And so he was there the day school started and many days thereafter: one man with a camera and a tripod, trying to stay out of the way as kids skipped from one activity to another, listening on headphones for events in other parts of the building, and sometimes rushing,…See More
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Four professors discuss recent worldwide protests

An article that appeared in the Israeli newspaper HA'ARETZ, reporting discussion with three Harvard faculty, Helen Haste (HGSE), Jim Sidanius (FAS) and Ryan Enos (Government) about the recent worldwide protest movements.  Translated from Hebrew by Shai Fuxman

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מאת: אשר שכטר By Asher Schechter…

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Posted by CMEI on December 11, 2011 at 3:30pm

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Do teacher student relationships matter? by Hunter Gehlbach

 

Although I am hopeful that the talk on teacher-student relationships (Eliot Lyman, Oct. 6, 12 to 1:45pm) will provide much more food for thought, here is an appetizer that builds off the abstract of the talk:

 

As the educational world increasingly focuses on measuring teacher effectiveness, concern grows that "effective teachers" are defined narrowly as those who raise student test scores.  Through this talk we will explore the possibility that teachers' capacities to…

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Posted by CMEI on October 2, 2011 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Wangbei Ye

Politics, Economics and Citizenship Education: Teaching Marxist Political Economy in China

July 22

 

It's absolutely impossible to talk about Chinese citizenship education without mentioning Marxist ideology.

 

Though in the last three decades, Chinese citizenship education de-politicized its citizenship education curricula in junior sections (Primary, junior middle schools), Marxist philosophy, political economy, and theory of socialism still made up the core contents of citizenship education in senior sections (senior middle school, university,…

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Posted by Wangbei Ye on July 21, 2011 at 11:25pm — 2 Comments

Rob Reich

Two Thoughts About Equality and Adequacy in Education

Hello CMEI participants.  I am looking forward to joining you next week to discuss the paper I've sent in advance.  And I've been asked to stimulate an early discussion here on the blog.  So...

 

Here are two thoughts about equality and adequacy in education. 

 

1. One fundamental distinction between equality and adequacy as applied to educational resource distribution is that adequacy seeks to ensure that all students have enough education and, if this condition…

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Posted by Rob Reich on March 31, 2011 at 11:52pm — 1 Comment

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