Is it possible to disagree agreeably? The Economist’s editor-in-chief, @zannymb, explores the power of arguing in schools.Click the link to donate to @Econ_Foundation and support their work with teachers around the world: https://t.co/LnRSqMnICw https://t.co/O8CftZHwnC ...

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I am sim. The smell of chulch fills the air as I hand my mother and other steel plate. The road is dusty.The I speed past throwing toxic fumes my way. I wonder will my life ever be different. What if I told you that one day I would be standing here at a TEDex event speaking to you.Imagine being 13 and responsible for two siblings before sunrise. Imagine standing in a line for an hour just to change your path. Now imagine being told that you could change your entire life with one opportunity.An opportunity i ...

Hello, my name is Maria and today I'm going to talk about the important thing that I think everybody in this country need to know the work in Brazil. But first I'm going to offer you that every single work is important to the country. Why.Because every work affecting the politic democracy and independence of the country that mean that going to work is important because when people do that help the economy grow and give money to families and to the government. If you don't believe it, I can prove with a numb ...

And out of our southern bureau, a pretty special moment at a college graduation in Florida. A student getting his day in the sun decades after first setting foot on campus. >> That roaring applause was for Roberto Fernandez, age 85, who enrolled at FIU back in 1972, but wasn't able to finish his degree.He found out he needed just one more class to graduate a few years back. So, we hit the books. He calls graduating from college his life goal. ...

「到底什麼比分數重要？」這是一個值得台灣中學教育深思的問題。長久以來，社會深受傳統士大夫觀念影響，認為「萬般皆下品，唯有讀書高」，學生往往被分數和排名框住，忽略了潛能、天賦與人性的多元面向。二十五年來，我在明道不斷鼓勵學生超越考試思維，探索自我價值，並培養關心人與自己、人與他人、人與社會的能力。我們也重視合作、溝通、創造力與批判思考，因為這些才是面對未來不可或缺的能力。尤其在 AI 已經超越人類智能的時代，中學教育更應強化人類智慧，幫助學生善用科技，成為自律反思的自主學習者，進而邁向終身學習。比分數更重要的，正是要能在未來世界成為有價值且有幸福感的人。 What truly matters beyond grades? This is a pressing question for education in Taiwan today. For too long, our society has been shaped by the traditional belief that academic achievement is the sole path to success, where students a ...

10 years ago, I was sitting on my bed in a small German village I had grown up in. In my hands, I was holding a letter. A letter that required a decision and an answer.And I was crying. I had already decided that I was going to go off to university soon to major in psychology and I was really looking forward to my new future. But in that moment, I wasn't very happy.I was crying because the letter I was holding in my hands told me that I also had to choose a minor subject. I was going to do communication or ...

Thank you. Uh one, two, three. Eyes on me. Yep. Okay. Thank you. Um if you guys could keep your eyes on your own paper though, please. That'd be good. Got work on your own. Don't talk to your neighbor, please. Yeah. Uh great question, but we don't really have time for that right now. We've got to kind of focus on the task at hand. I don't know how many of you have heard things like that in your educational careers, but I have a confession to make. As an educator, I've said a lot of those kinds of things. My ...

Over 40 years ago, I walked into my first classroom as a teacher. 34 pairs of curious eyes looked at me. My heart raced and my stomach fluttered. In that moment of doubt, a picture from the past flashed across my mind. It was a teapot, a teacup. And I heard the echo of my father's words. steep with purpose, pour with care, give the gift of time. That memory gave me courage. I smiled at my young learners, unaware that this was the beginning of a journey that would change my life forever. These three lessons ...

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