New Horizons for Learning: Transforming Education

The Rise of Non-Formal Education Fred Mednick
The founder and director of Teachers Without Borders makes the case for education that combines schools that work closely with the community and latest research on teaching and learning.

Indigenous Science Practices Among Nigerian Women: Implications For Science Education Kehinde A. Alebiosu
The study examined indigenous science practices among some Nigerian women with implications for science education. Three hundred and twenty skilled and unskilled women and 85 high school science teachers drawn from various parts of Yoruba land in Ogun State of Nigeria participated in the study which revealed the common patterns in indigenous science practices among women. Various high school science concepts that blended with the practices were revealed and pooled.

Letter from Dakar, Senegal July, 2005 Greg Tuke
Director of Passports to Global Learning writes of his experiences at an educational conference in Africa.

Nine Steps to Transform Education Gordon Dryden
The co-author of The Learning Revolution offers a plan for educational change from an international perspective.

You Can't Teach An Old Dogma New Tricks Fred Mednick
After reviewing the literature on worldwide educational reform, analyzing global reports, holding two conferences on the qualities and conditions for educating teens for the 21st century, and surveying educators in 31 countries, he poses some thought-provoking questions about the future of education, the role of the Internet, and the qualities of an educated person.

A Private Role in Public Education: An International Perspective Brian J. Caldwell
The Managing Director of Educational Transformations in Melbourne illustrates how Australia and Britain increased the level of social support in public education and what the two systems can learn from each other.

The Rio Charter of Commitments to Equal Opportunity for the Development of Human Capacities
New Horizons for Learning participated in the draft of the Charter and our work has been guided by the extraordinary vision of the participants in the Second International Symposium on Accelerative Learning, assembled in Rio de Janeiro from the 17th to the 23rd of January 1985.

My Experience Using the Multiple Intelligences Nelly Ribot
An Argentinean teacher describes her successful experiences in applying the theory of multiple intelligences in her classroom.

Enrichment in Action Marian Cleeves Diamond
Dr. Diamond shares information about her work in Cambodia that further strengthens her case for providing an enriching environment to stimulate brain growth.

Bridges to Understanding Phil Borges
Bridges is an on-line classroom program connecting children from indigenous and tribal cultures with their contemporaries in North America for the purpose of exploring and preserving cultural diversity.

CHOLEN: Approach to Promote Education in Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh Munmun Salma Chowdhury
A successful program in Bangladesh focuses on increasing access to basic education, improving the quality of basic education, and improving the system through increasing accountability and capacity building.

Integrating Technology In Education in India Stephen Rudolph
Jiva Institute works for the advancement of education, health and culture in India, and addresses the challenges of updating a traditional educational system.

Building Bridges to Africa Jeremy M. Goldberg
Program Founder describes Project Namuwongo Zone B, a small non-profit organization that re-empowers the impoverished Ugandan community and provides long-term sustainable development through direct outreach between Ugandan and American youth.

Multimedia Technology and Children's Development Dee Dickinson
Dee Dickinson reports on the exciting first international symposium of Child Research Net entitled Evolution of Child Development in the Multimedia Environment held in Tokyo, Japan in January, 1998. Speakers and discussions raised a number of questions about the role of multimedia technologies in the growth and development of young children.

Cortland-Belize Partnership in Special Education Teacher Development for a Developing Country William Hopkins
The article describes an innovative, extremely low-cost project to enhance the knowledge and skills of educators in Belize, Central America, to better serve special education students. Manuals that address major special-education conditions are in the last editing phase for the 282 primary schools. A Web CT site has been created, allowing interaction among teachers and with the project director. A series of CD's are being developed, where implementation strategies are demonstrated.

Central America Diary Greg Tuke
A series of letters to family, friends and education partners, as the author travels about Central America to learn about education, with hopes of some kind of future school partnerships across international boundaries.

Visit to Venezuela Dee Dickinson
The decision to raise the level of intelligence of an entire population from birth to old age may be simple, but the implementation would be staggeringly complex unless it were done through existing structures and organizations. This is precisely how it is being done in Venezuela.

Venezuela Update Dee Dickinson
More information on the Venezuelan Intelligence Project.

Renaissance of Venezuela's Intelligence Project Dee Dickinson
Dee Dickinson writes about her 1997 trip to Venezuela where she met with Dr. Luis Alberto Machado for an update on the Intelligence Project, an ambitious program designed to raise the level of intelligence of the entire population of his country from birth to old age.

Universal Goal Luis Alberto Machado
The development of the intelligence of all the people has to be the fundamental aim of our times. To guarantee peace, democracy and freedom throughout the world, the development of the intelligence of each and every citizen has to become a national goal in all countries of the world. A universal goal.

Long-Term Educational Leadership in Venezuela Dee Dickinson
Dickinson synthesizes nearly 25 years of the Venezuelan Intelligence Project and draws some conclusions about its relevance to educational systems elsewhere.

Update from the Venezuelan Intelligence Project Beatriz Cardozo de Capdevielle
The author, a long-time assistant to Dr. Luis Alberto Machado, Minister for the Development of Human Intelligence in Venezuela, gives a brief update on the project.

Overcoming the Underdevelopment of Learning Jan Visser
Jan Visser, developer of the Learning Development Institute and former Director of the Learning Without Frontiers coordination unit (LWF) in UNESCO, discusses the meaning of learning and proposes that we have an underdeveloped view of learning that results in inadequate learning opportunities. He argues in favor of a transdisciplinary, constructivist approach, reminding us that vital communities are continually redefining themselves. From a report prepared for the Symposium on Overcoming the Underdevelopment of Learning at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 1999. Note: this is a pdf file.

Not Just a Change: A Revolution Gordon Dryden
Despite the explosion of knowledge about the neurosciences and the birth of the internet with access to instant information, most of the world's schools are still decades out of date.

Singapore School Showing the Way Gordon Dryden
Gordon Dryden describes how Singapore's Overseas Family School is thinking and learning globally.

An Innovative Project for Chilean Education: Colegio Amancay de La Florida Ximena Gundian and Carols Anriquez
The innovative Colegio Amancay de La Florida, a school in Santiago, Chile that is using Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and Reuven Feurstein's Theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability to provide inclusive, individualized learning to students in a child-centered, parent-involved educational environment. The Colegio Amancay reflects changes that are taking place in Chile's approach to education, and hopes to be a model for other schools in the nation.

Multiple Intelligences Reaches the Tibetan Children's Village Bruce Campbell
Mr. Campbell, teacher and author of books about applying Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in the classroom recently visited the Tibetan Children's Village near the village of Dharmsala in the north of India. Bruce has found that teaching and learning through multiple intelligences has value across cultures and worldwide; Tibet is no exception. He shares observations from his immersion in the rich culture and joyful lives of these people who have endured so much.

ZIP, Zimbabwe Integrated Programme Dr. Kathryn Hubbard
The University of Washington and the University of Zimbabwe have a five year old exchange agreement which has grown over the years to involve faculty and students in several departments.

School Leadership Development in Cambodia John Morefield
A retired school principal and member of the UW Center for Educational Leadership begins a series of reports from a new school leadership program he has begun in Cambodia. He will share his stories through an online journal on this site.

The Work Before the Work John Morefield
John's first impressions of Cambodia and the work to come.

The Work Begins John Morefield
John writes about the first leadership workshop and other aspects of life in Cambodia as an educator.

The Work Continues John Morefield
John's account of a visit by Ellen Kahan, school visits, and other aspects of his Cambodian project.

A Cambodian Reflection Ellen Kahan
A visit to Cambodia leads to questions and speculation about American culture and child rearing.

Endings, Lessons Learned and New Beginnings John Morefield
The rural workshops end and John reflects on what was learned and looks forward to the second half of the project.

An Ordinary Day John Morefield
John describes what school administrators in Cambodia face on a daily basis.

Closing Thoughts John Morefield
John's final report from Cambodia.

Returning to Cambodia John Morefield
John returns to Cambodia a year later as part of a new school reform program in that country.

The Creation of a School Leadership Development Plan for Cambodia John Morefield
John outlines the new development plan.

Step by Step With Cambodian Leaders John Morefield
John says, "The seed planting has produced healthy and vigorous plants in this now not so small garden of leadership in Cambodia. School leadership is catching on."

School Leadership Professional Development in Cambodia John Morefield
A 2007 update on the project.

"Worth visiting are the following two web sites. As you know, Michael Fullan is an international leader on educational and organizational change and has published widely on the subject. Michael's site is located at http://www.michaelfullan.ca/ The site lists his many books (and sample chapters and articles that can be downloaded). The author of The New Meaning of Educational Change (various editions) and Leadership and Sustainability (2005), he continues to make an enormous contribution to our understanding of change processes in schools and all organizations.

Recommended also is Robin Alexander's site at http://www.robinalexander.org.uk/ A Professor of Education at Cambridge University, Robin Alexander is the author of a range of publications of immense importance for developing 21 st century teaching and learning, including Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education (2001) and Towards Dialogic Teaching: Rethinking Classroom Talk (2005). Robin's site includes many articles and reports that can be downloaded (including his evaluations of the practicalities of dialogic teaching/structured classroom talk)."

Teachers Without Borders
An educational change implementation organization that uses the power of global research to enhance or create educational initiatives world wide and serve as an essential resource for teachers. The organization has two components: initiatives and resources. Initiatives are reform projects. Resources include a magazine, a Global Report Card, and a Virtual Teachers' College. The site also has extensive links on global education and educational reform. Teachers Without Borders assists teachers, community leaders, the corporate community, and parents in a transformation of secondary education, world-wide. Please view the site and join for free.

Education International
Education International is the largest global teacher organisation representing over 29 million education personnel from all education sectors, from pre-school to university, through 345 member organisations in 165 countries and territories. Its aim is to be a voice for the education sector world-wide.

Child Research Net (CRN)
Dr. Noboru Kobayashi, New Horizons International Advisory Board Member, seeks to collect, exchange and analyze information on educational and childcare issues in Japan and will collaborate with similar groups internationally on better ways of meeting the needs of children

Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education http://www.aspbae.org/
Read reports on educational systems of several countries.