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"It is our belief that to be effective citizens of a global society, individuals need to have in the first place as deep an understanding of themselves and their specific ways of functioning as possible." A brief context for the following remarks Read More...
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Rob Evans initially declined our invitation to respond the "Educational Question of the Year" for the reasons stated below. However, in doing so, his reply contained a fair amount of food for thought, and with his kind permission that email Read More...
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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? but, you have asked the wrong question; it is not what they will need most but recognizing what they will not need that helps frame the issues to be Read More...
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The following comments are reproduced from our discussion of the "Educational Question of the Year." They have been featured as an entry in order to include them in the publication of the COPPER Blog Book. What knowledge or skills will students Read More...
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Thanks to MCC's Dona Cady for forwarding the following thematic summary of the recent New England Board of Higher Education's fiftieth anniversary conference. The issues addressed are relevant to our ongoing Question of the Year discussion as we attempt Read More...
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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in
education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic
growth, Read More...
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There are several ways to add your voice to our Educational Question of the Year discussion: 1. You can click on the "comments" link after any blog entry to add your thoughts or reactions to what has been posted. For example, you might want Read More...
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Harvard Psychologist Ellen Langer is well known for her work on "Mindfulness." In her book "The Power of Mindful Learning" she challenges the traditional notion that learning new material is necessary before a student can then apply Read More...
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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? In ancient Greece, most advanced students studied philosophy in order to achieve “wisdom.” (The term philosophy in Greek means “lover of wisdom.”) In Read More...
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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? First and foremost, students of today need to be global citizens. It is critically important that they see their role as American citizens in the context Read More...
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What knowledge or skills will students need most to be effective citizens of our world in the future? Thinking and acting out of the box present the biggest challenges for us in higher education. Developments in our society, in technology, and in what Read More...
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The Educational Question of the Year has been chosen from a list of twelve possibilities by respondents to our online poll. While all the questions received at least one vote, several clearly were the most popular. Here's a list of the top five: In fourth Read More...
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Only a few days left to cast your vote! To participate in choosing the COPPER Blog's Educational Question of the Year simply click on the link and select one or more of the proposed questions from the online poll. Further information on this project is Read More...
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The purpose of this Blog project is to pose a broad and provocative question from the field of education and invite leading educators and thinkers from other fields to respond to this question in a public online forum (COPPER Blog). Cluster members and Read More...