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School Culture Matters
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The
keynote speech delivered on the St. Stanislaus
College Prize Prize Day - Friday, March 11, 2011.
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The Future of Education at Saint Stanislaus
College |
A
Personal View by Dr. Ken Khan, a Saints Alumni
(1955) who also served as Headmaster from 1972 - 1980.
He is currently the Assistant Secretary of the
Barbados Saints Alumni. |
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The Primary Criterion of Teaching is Mastery of
the Subject |
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A thought-provoking
letter to Stabroek News written by Mr. Alfred
Bhulai - a former Saints Teacher. |
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The Khan Academy |
The Khan
Academy is an organization on a mission. It is a
not-for-profit with the goal of changing education
for the better by providing a free world-class
education to anyone anywhere.
Students can make
use of an extensive video library, practice
exercises, and assessments from any computer with
access to the web. |
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Visiting Guyanese Schools |
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An
interesting account of some Guyanese schools by
Gregory De Souza, B. Mus.,B.Ed., M. Ed, who left
Guyana in 1962,
taught grades 7 to 13 in
Canada and recently retired after twelve years as an
elementary school principal. |
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Wikipedia
for Schools
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Wikipedia
for Schools
offers thousands of articles that have been
individually checked for accuracy and
appropriateness. It is updated each academic year by
volunteers from the English Wikipedia and SOS
Children, a British children’s charity.
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Edutopia –
What
works in public
Education.
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Edutopia
is supported by
The George Lucas Educational Foundation and contains
numerous interesting and thought-provoking articles
relating to the teaching profession.
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A Jesuit Priest talks about the transformative
power of Education
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Father Bill Muller, S.J. talks
about the transformative power of education in the
Ignatian
tradition which encourages students to go beyond
academic excellence to become "contemplatives in
action."
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A-Levels
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What every parent wants.
Performance!
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TeachFirst
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This
article
describes a programme for recruiting
the right kind of teachers in Britain. It is based
on the finding that countries whose students perform
well tend to recruit teachers from the top of the
class.
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Logging On to the Ivy League –
Free online access to the best Universities
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This
article
describes a growing trend where the top-tier
universities are racing to give the public free
online access to their best lecturers. Sites
mentioned are
Academic
Earth,
TED,
and
MIT
OpenCourseWare.
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SchoolNet Guyana
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SchoolNet
Guyana
is a Global Partnership for Literacy project aimed
at computerizing all secondary schools in Guyana.
Diamond High
School
was networked under this project.
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Jamaica e-Learning Project
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The
Jamaica
e-Learning
project is aimed at improving the quality of
education in the high schools, drawing heavily on
Information and Communication Technology.
This
report
shows the status as of June, 2008.
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A
Brief Overview of Catholic Schools in America
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An
interesting
account
of the establishment of Catholic schools in
Protestant America. Presented by the
National
Catholic Educational Association
(NCEA).
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Examples of GCSE Exam Creativity
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An unconfirmed list of some
questions and creative answers to last year's
GCSE exams. Location: Swindon, Wiltshire (U.K.).
Answers reportedly from 16 year old boys...
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