For some time I believe that many of our educational leaders have promoted reforms in our educational systems thinking in a logic of "enhancements" to a system designed centuries ago, without asking whether it remains an appropriate response to the needs of the 21st century. With the best intentions, our reformers have focused on "patching" the educational system, to deliver … [Lee más...] about Educating for the future
Educar para el futuro
Hace tiempo que creo que muchos de nuestros líderes educativos han impulsado reformas en nuestros sistemas educativos pensando en una lógica de "mejoras" a un sistema diseñado hace siglos, sin preguntarse si éste sigue siendo una respuesta adecuada a las necesidades del siglo XXI. Con las mejores intenciones nuestros reformadores se han enfocado en "parchar" el sistema … [Lee más...] about Educar para el futuro
La educación hace la felicidad
A pesar de lo que nos han dicho, la plata no parece suficiente para explicar la felicidad, o al menos, no basta. Los datos de las Encuestas de Bienestar Global aplicadas por Gallup, permiten clasificar a los países según su prosperidad, definida como la opinión que tienen los habitantes sobre su vida presente y futura, o sea, su satisfacción y expectativas. Así, los tres … [Lee más...] about La educación hace la felicidad
Education, the road to happiness
Despite what we have been told, money doesn’t seem to be sufficient to explain happiness, or at least not fully. According to data from Gallup’s Global Wellbeing report, countries are classified according to their wellbeing, defined as what their citizens think about their present and future lives. That is, their satisfaction and expectations. In these terms, the three highest … [Lee más...] about Education, the road to happiness
Cloning the best teachers in Latin America
We don’t have to be experts to recognize that the major factor in getting a good education is a good teacher. Think about your own experiences at school, and surely you can easily identify the teachers who made a big difference in your lives. In my opinion, the Latin American countries have many good teachers, from whom we can learn best practices and therefore replicate their … [Lee más...] about Cloning the best teachers in Latin America
