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Why I can't live without TED Talks: using tech to bring speakers into class
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 16/04/2013 16:15Tags Associated with article
A very good article on technology and education
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/apr/12/techn...
I met a Football Hooligan
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 15/04/2013 15:13Tags Associated with article
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 06/10/2012 13:03
An engaging book that casts the school reform debate in a
provocative new light. … [Tough] introduces us to a wide-ranging cast
of characters — economists, psychologists, and neuroscientists among
them — whose work yields a compelling new picture of the intersection of
poverty and education.”
—Thomas Toch, The Washington Monthly
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 06/10/2012 12:04AFAN with Malaysian Youth August 2012
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 12/08/2012 10:32Tags Associated with article
Greeting from Malaysia, I'm used the AFAN material with Malaysian youth today as was surprised by how much in common the session are to the ones in England. You can read more about it at http://www.playfulmonk.net/drupal/node/76
Luton College and the banking system
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 09/07/2012 13:11AFAN becomes member of Religious Education Council - talk given by Minster of state schools
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 03/05/2012 20:57Today I attended along with Alan Murray, the http://www.religiouseducationcouncil.org/ AGM and we were approved for council membership. As part of the AGM Nick Gibb the Minster for state Schools gave a talk. It was a talk filled with statistics, of how students do, where we rate with other countries. Did you know China does better than us at mathematics. Although a beautiful crafted talk, it was all about knowledge, facts and getting the best results. What is the purpose of education?
A few Signs on the way - Gloucester uni and college
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 16/03/2012 20:50Strangely this time last year I blogged about some of the signs I see on my travels http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/few-signs-way-march-2011. Yesterday I went to Gloucester University to speak with trainee religious education teachers. It was lovely session where we explored some of the more difficult concepts in Buddhism and how to make them practical for young people.
8th March 2012 - International womens day
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 08/03/2012 13:03
Why do so many music videos portray women as objects? Have we got so
used it we don't notice any more? Ever seen groupies used as furniture?
Croydon College - CPD - Dealing with Homophobia and controversial Issues.
Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 06/03/2012 08:26Tags Associated with article
As part of Croydon colleges staff development day I was ran a number of session with lead tutors and staff. As I entered the college and signed in, there on the coffer table in reception was the the Independant News paper, as I started to read the newspaper, I came across the article
Cardinal: Same-sex marriage is just as immoral as slavery
you can read the article at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cardinal-samesex-marriage-is-just-as-immoral-as-slavery-7536454.html
