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By: Coltivare le connessioni (III) « Insegnare Apprendere Mutare

Coltivare le connessioni (III) « Insegnare Apprendere Mutare — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:11:33 +0000

[...] paesi del terzo mondo e sulle relazioni di questo con il godimento dei diritti umani. David Wiley apprezzò molto questo suggerimento ed è una cosa bellissima che con poco sia stato possibile far risuonare [...]

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:09:26 +0000

Great summary Dave, I really appreciate the effort and am admiring your course from a distance. Could you point me to some background info on the set up of this course? Who is paying (if anyone), what prompted it etc.. I don’t recall you blogging much on its development.

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:42:58 +0000

In response for the comment from Karol:

“Does a basic human right, like education, imply that someone (e.g. a government) has the obligation to provide for that right? Who is responsible for the cost? (This is an interesting debate that is currently being held in the context of the right to health care in the U.S.)”

I think open ed. solve this problem but the governs would know the significate of this words:

“one dollar on education will be three dollars on productivity”

Low cost credits for students, scolarships for most advanced students… We can find many ways for take financial solution to education.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:48:02 +0000

Re: “for those of us who live in UN members states (which I believe covers everyone currently in the class), we have already agreed that education is a basic human right”… has the US has ratified the UN human rights treaties? (I thought not from the readings.)

I too reread our Constitution this week as well as some case law regarding the “right to education” in the US. Legally, apparently, there is no expressed right. This was surprising given that the US has a very high value and provision for free universal education. It is interesting to look at the legal requirements vs. the actual provision of universal education for various nations.

By: Emanuela Zibordi

Emanuela Zibordi — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:40:21 +0000

Hallo everybody,
I must thank Andreas because he makes me remember the first day of work as a teacher. I went to school and the head master, Gianfranco Maretti, now my dear friend, gave me at first the book “Lettera a una Professoressa” (Letter to a Teacher) and he said me: “read it!”. I was astonisched also because in his office there was four or five wood puppets “Pinocchio” on the ground. (Pinocchio is the character of Collodi book, but you probably know him for the Walt Disney picture). So I went home thinking about my role: “I have come here to make the teacher, not the student”. But when I red the book and connected it to Pinocchio I understood how my mission could be.
Thanks Gianfranco and Andreas
Emanuela

By: Emanuela Zibordi

Emanuela Zibordi — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:36:13 +0000

Hallo everybody,
I must thank Andreas because he makes me remember the first day of work as a teacher. I went to school and the head master, Gianfranco Maretti, now my dear friend, gave me at first the book “Lettera a una Professoressa” (Letter to a Teacher) and he said me: “read it!”. I was astonisched also because in his office there was four or five wood puppets “Pinocchio” on the ground. (Pinocchio is the character of Collodi book, but you probably know him for the Walt Disney picture). So I went home thinking about my role: “I have come here to make the teaher, not the student”. But when I red the book and connected it to Pinocchio I understood how my mission could be.
Thanks Gianfranco and Andreas
Emanuela