Teaching in Material Context

In spite of well researched inequities in the U.S., many educators work without an understanding of the material conditions that perpetuate these inequities. Disproportionalities based on race and low socio-economic standing are often the silent giant in classrooms and

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World Teachers Day: October 5

World Teachers’ Day: Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies

On 5 October, World Teachers’ Day, Education International, with its affiliates and partners worldwide, will highlight the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, and the crucial role teachers will play

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Teaching and Learning Self-forgetfulness

Dr. Karen Bohlke, September 2015

“There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others’ eyes my sun, the music in others’ ears my symphony, the smile on others’ lips my happiness”–Helen Keller (1966).

Self-forgetfulness, defined as the ability

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