Questioning Toolkit Essential Questions These are questions which touch our hearts and souls. They are central to our lives. They help to define what it means to be human. Most important thought during our lives will center on such essential questions. What does it mean to be a good friend? If we were to draw a cluster diagram of the Questioning Toolkit, Essential Questions would be at the center of all the other types of questions. All the other questions and questioning skills serve the purpose of "casting light upon" or illuminating Essential Questions. Most Essential Questions are interdisciplinary in nature. Essential Questions probe the deepest issues confronting us . . . complex and baffling matters which elude simple answers: Life - Death - Marriage - Identity - Purpose - Betrayal - Honor - Integrity - Courage - Temptation - Faith - Leadership - Addiction - Invention - Inspiration. Essential Questions are at the heart of the search for Truth. Essential Questions offer the organizing focus for a unit.
30 Magical Photos Of Children Playing Around The World No matter their cultural background, no matter their economic situation, kids will always find imaginative ways to have fun. Their wild imaginations and magical childhood moments, when captured on camera by talented photographers, can make for truly wonderful photos. These 33 images we collected will prove that childhood can be wonderful no matter where you go. Show Full Text Many in the Western world fear that technology is making today’s children lose touch with nature and with their own creativity, and while there are arguments to be made for the intellectual stimulation that apps and programs for children can bring, there’s also something to be said for simply playing with a stick in the mud or chasing dandelion seeds though an open meadow. For better or worse, the children in these photos seem entirely content making their own fun. Indonesia Thanks for sharing! 3x per week 30,000,000+ monthly readers Error sending email Image credits: Ipoenk Graphic Image credits: Agoes Antara Russia Peru
The world’s pitiful response to Syria’s refugee crisis World leaders are failing to offer protection to Syria’s most vulnerable refugees with catastrophic consequences, Amnesty International has warned in a new briefing ahead of a UN pledging conference in Geneva on 9 December. Left Out in the Cold: Syrian refugees abandoned by the international community highlights the pitiful numbers of resettlement places offered by the international community. Around 3.8 million refugees from are being hosted in five main countries within the region: Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Only 1.7 per cent of this number have been offered sanctuary by the rest of the world since the crisis began more than three years ago. The Gulf states– which include some of the world’s wealthiest countries – have not offered to take a single refugee from Syria so far. “The shortfall in the number of resettlement places for refugees offered by the international community is truly shocking. “Next week’s pledging conference must be used to turn the tide around.
Teaching for a Better World: Global Issues and Language Education | ヒューライツ大阪 Teaching for a Better World: Global Issues and Language Education As language teachers in the 21st century, we live in critical times. Our world faces serious global issues of terrorism, ethnic conflict, social inequality, and environmental destruction. How can we prepare our students to cope with these problems? What is our responsibility as language teachers in a world of war, poverty, prejudice, and pollution? "Global education" is a new approach to language teaching that attempts to answer these questions. Knowledge about world problems is the first goal. The rationale for global education consists of four main points. 35,000 people in the world die every day from hunger, 24 every minute, with millions of children dead each year from preventable diseases. The second point concerns the interdependence of our modern world. The third point concerns the attitudes of apathy, selfishness, and ignorance of many modern young people. We need a profound reshaping of education...
10 Team-Building Games That Promote Collaborative Critical Thinking One of education’s primary goals is to groom the next generation of little humans to succeed in the “real world.” Yes, there are mounds of curricula they must master in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a textbook or test. Other skills must be honed, too, not the least of which is how to get along with their peers and work well with others. This is not something that can be cultivated through rote memorization or with strategically placed posters. Students must be engaged and cooperation must be practiced, and often. The following team-building games can promote cooperation and communication, help establish a positive classroom environment and — most importantly — provide a fun, much-needed reprieve from routine. 10 Team-Building Games That Promote Collaborative Critical Thinking 1. This team-building game is flexible. You can recycle this activity throughout the year by adapting the challenge or materials to specific content areas. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Two Ways to Explore the News Through Maps When teaching students about current events I have always tried to incorporate maps so that students can make a connection to the places that they are reading about. I do this if the story is about something happening in Africa or something happening twenty miles down the road from our community. Newspaper Map and the Breaking News map are both helpful in showing students the connections between story subjects and their corresponding locations. Newspaper Map is a neat tool for locating and reading newspapers from locations all around the world. Breaking News presents a constant stream of headlines from around the world. Applications for Education A common assignment in social studies courses is to have students find, review, and share current events stories.
Facts & Figures: Syria refugee crisis & international resettlement Refugees in the region 3.8 million refugees from Syria (95 per cent) are in just five countries Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt: Lebanon hosts 1.1 million refugees registered with UNHCR, which amounts to around 26 per cent of the country’s population Jordan hosts 618,615 registered refugees, which amounts to 9.8 per cent of the populationTurkey hosts 1.6 million refugees, which amounts to 2.4 per cent of the populationIraq hosts 225,373 registered refugees, which amounts to 0.67 per cent of the populationEgypt 142,543 registered refugees, which amounts to 0.17 per cent of the population Conflict in Syria Around 190,000 people have been killed and 10.8 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria More than 10 million Syrians, or 45 per cent of the country’s population has been displaced Of those, 6.5 million are displaced within Syria and approximately 4 million have sought refuge in other countries. International Resettlement Key facts:
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future Welcome Welcome to Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future. Educating for a sustainable future is a formidable challenge. How can we better understand the complexity of the world around us? Such questions, of course, are not new and, in its capacity as the specialised agency for education within the United Nations system, UNESCO has addressed them over a period of many years. Teacher education is a priority for UNESCO and, indeed, for the international community as a whole. Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is UNESCO’s response to that challenge, and a major contribution to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002). I wish to thank all those individuals and institutions whose collaboration with UNESCO has been vital for producing this programme. I commend this programme to you as a fine example of how an interdisciplinary approach helps to develop fresh insights and understanding. Overview 60 Million Agents of Change Vision
Bloom's and the Three Storey Intellect A colleague has given me an excellent poster she has developed on the three storey intellect. As a taxonomy of higher and lower order thinking, it is a clean and simple model. The three storey intellect was inspired Oliver Wendell Holmes. “There are one-storey intellects, two-storey intellects, and three-storey intellects with skylights. All fact collectors who have no aim beyond their facts are one-storeymen. created by A Churches image source:
Around The World with 80 Schools Untold stories of Syria’s most vulnerable refugees A new report from Amnesty International throws the spotlight on the human face of Syria’s refugee crisis, through the stories of eight people and families who have fled the conflict and are struggling to survive in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Hardship, Hope and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria tell their stories highlights the life-changing opportunity that international resettlement can offer to some of the most vulnerable refugees. Its publication marks the launch of Amnesty International’s #OpenToSyria campaign. The campaign aims to put pressure on wealthy countries, through public support, to accept a greater numbers of vulnerable refugees from Syria through resettlement and other humanitarian admission programmes. So far, the international response to the crisis has been pitiful and some of the richest countries have done very little. “With close to 4 million refugees, the scale of the crisis is overwhelming. “World leaders cannot go on turning their backs on vulnerable refugees.