A few days ago, while looking at some job offers in a local newspaper, an ad caught my attention. A position as a business adviser in micro finance required applicants to have completed secondary education and be able to master two independent set of skills: basic math operations, including the rule of three, and socio-emotional skills management (be proactive, work under … [Lee más...] about You have a job, but… Do you know rule of 3?
English
The power of socio-emotional skills
I just read a fascinating new study published by the OECD: Skills for Social Progress: The Power of Social and Emotional Skills (2015). This study empirically substantiates much of what I have been writing about in past posts and provides considerable food for thought. This post summarizes some of its most interesting findings. … [Lee más...] about The power of socio-emotional skills
5 myths of the educational discourse
Our beliefs and convictions about education and learning affect significantly the options we drive for its improvement. Let's see if these five common assumptions are true or false. … [Lee más...] about 5 myths of the educational discourse
Long road, good destiny
Western Honduras is an extremely mountainous region filled with beautiful and lush pine forests. It is inhabited by the population of lenka origin, descendants of Lempira, who was a great ancestor of the independence of Latin America. On the other hand, this region of Honduras faces major development challenges today. Its poverty rates are higher than the rest of the country, … [Lee más...] about Long road, good destiny
A Ganar: Soccer, life skills and a job
Every year, throughout Latin-America and the Caribbean, hundreds of thousands of young people drop out of secondary schools. Most of them do so with limited skills, qualifications and experience to enter today’s competitive job market. Most of them (70% according to A-Ganar) end up “unattached” (outside school and unemployed). A Ganar works with these young people and through … [Lee más...] about A Ganar: Soccer, life skills and a job
