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Columba Learning:
Giving a Voice to South Africa’s Youth

Posted on September 1, 2016 by John Connell

I have visited South Africa many times in the past, but my most recent trip, just last month, in August 2016, has undoubtedly given me a wonderful experience th...

Culture/History/Learning/People/Society

Values for Today’s Education

Posted on September 21, 2013 by John Connell

We want one class of persons to have a liberal education. We want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity, to forego the privileges of a...

Creativity/Culture/History/Learning/Philosophy

Education’s Moment of Interplay

Posted on September 9, 2013 by John Connell

In The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, published almost half a century ago, Marshall McLuhan observed that the world he lived in was changing s...

Learning/People/Society/Teaching

Education Fast Forward: from learner voice to emerging leaders

Posted on December 19, 2012 by John Connell

Almost everyone involved in education agrees that leadership is important. That, however, is where agreement ends and debate begins. Beyond that point, we cross...