By Julián Cristia* The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program aims to improve education by providing one laptop to each primary-age child in the poorest areas in the world. The program has been implemented in 42 countries and more than 2 million laptops have been distributed. Complementary inputs, including training and support, are typically included in each deployment. The … [Lee más...] about One Laptop per Child in Peru: Findings and the Road Forward
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Can Health Education be Fun?
By Agustín Cáceres* When I was a child, my school days were sometimes fairly boring. Long classes, presentations, homework… Probably that is why, when I travelled to Chiapas (Mexico) to coordinate a number activities to educate almost 4,000 kids about healthy habits to prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), I only had one thing in mind: Let’s try to make it as fun as … [Lee más...] about Can Health Education be Fun?
Still Thinking About It? Open Education: From Fear to Curiosity, from Rejection to Urgency
By Nadia Mireles The Open Educational Resources (OER) movement began over 10 years ago. In 2007, the (OECD) warned that educational institutions should consider the risk to ignore OER. In 2012, only a few years later, the movement has gain its great momentum. Just a few recent advances proves it: July 18th, MIT and Harvard announce the project edX, where around 150 … [Lee más...] about Still Thinking About It? Open Education: From Fear to Curiosity, from Rejection to Urgency
Education, Urban Poverty and Violence
One of the major challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) today revolves around issues of youth violence. LAC is the only region globally that had an increasing trend in the number of homicides between 1995 and 2010, according to a UNODC Global Study on Homicides. LAC also has the second highest rate of youth violence in the world. In the LAC region, the … [Lee más...] about Education, Urban Poverty and Violence
Is It Time to Throw Out the Textbooks?
As mentioned in my blog from October 19, 2011 regarding overcoming boredom and challenging assumptions, Project-Based Learning (PBL) is one approach with positive results in engaging students in the learning process, increasing motivation and improving performance in school. For students in such programs, going to school means working on real world problems, such as … [Lee más...] about Is It Time to Throw Out the Textbooks?
