When a child says, “That character is more like me than I thought,” or “I see how calculus works in the machines that keep me alive in a hospital,” she is on her way to adopting a window approach.
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In India, I taught social studies in a high school. The kids there hated it, so I had them debate. I asked them how they felt about a topic and encouraged discussion instead of just lecturing to them. At the end of the class, many of them said, “You've made this our favorite subject.”
Read MoreI had one girl who would fall asleep in my class all the time. It was an early class, but still, it was frustrating. I tried many different things to reach out to her, and then eventually I shared my own story with her, like “this is how I struggled,” so she finally opened up to me.
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Happy New Year!!! This blog post is all about languages. How many of you always say you're going to learn a new language as a new year's resolution but never do? Well this is your chance to do it and include your child.
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The global economy has changed and so has how we think about education. It is, of course, difficult to predict the future, but it is quite clear that the marketplace has become global in nature and more competitive.
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