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In Our Age Of Infinite Information, Learning Starts With The Right Question

Knowledge is acquired when students grasp the essential characteristics of the subject being studied and are able to transfer them.

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Economy Geopolitics Ideas

Javier Milei And The Destructive Art Of Anti-Diplomacy

Argentina’s rabidly neo-liberal president, Javier Milei, is downsizing the state at home and curbing diplomacy to the bare minimum of promoting the free market, lambasting communism, and nurturing ties with just two, cherished states, Israel and the United States.

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Society

Does Wisdom Come With Age? Only If You Do The Work

It’s not the passage of time or overcoming hardship that makes you wise, but rather the effort to keep your mind truly open.

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climate change Green

How Indigenous Knowledge Can Crack The Code Of Permafrost Research

In the Canadian Arctic, two ambitious research initiatives try to strengthen climate data through community engagement.

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In The News

When Ukrainian Children And Teachers Come Together In A Polish School

After fleeing the war, many Ukrainian teachers have found new jobs in Poland. But their work involves more than just teaching — they’re helping Ukrainian children adapt to a whole new life.

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In The News

Eureka! The Secret Sauce Behind Creativity

Being creative is often just a matter of connecting the dots — though they better be the right dots.

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blog

Sleeping Student — Video Quote Of The Day

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Future Society

This Kazakh Hacker Wants To Destroy The Academic Publishing Establishment

Kazakhstan-born computer engineer Alexandra Elbakyan is now an international copyright outlaw. Her Sci-Hub website offers free access to millions of academic publications, a direct challenge to the entire publishing and academic establishment.

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blog

Baby Loves Books — Video Quote Of The Day

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blog

Book Of Braille — A Video Quote

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Impact: Education Innovation Society

When Chinese Teachers Meet British Students

A BBC documentary shows what happens when intense Chinese instructors meet a classroom of UK teenagers accustomed to some degree of autonomy. A culture clash ensues. What China can learn from the experiment.

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Society

The True Engine Of Change In China Is Knowledge

-Essay- The car drove slowly into the early spring night of Hangzhou. The person who had come to fetch me is a new acquaintance named Wang Qixian. As a member of the post-1980s generation he has worked as a white collar worker in the private sector, in Chinese state-owned enterprises, as well as in Taiwanese […]

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