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Passion for Learning: February 2009
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Battered kids - the hope for the future? Please, go ahead and hit your child! The authorities won’t care. It’s more; they think it’s a great idea that parents punish their kids with their bare hands! To legalize it is a step forward. This is true development, folks! Battered citizens are the hope for the future of El Salvador. The new law,. Ley de Protección de la Niñez. That fear is better than reasoning? Who protects the child, when not even the law does? As long as the puni...
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Passion for Learning: Towards a less polarized future?
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Thursday, March 19, 2009. Towards a less polarized future? On election day, I was observing the process in the country’s biggest voting center, La Fer. Of course, the electi. Nonetheless, on the night after the election, it seemed that both parties had matured a. So, as an internationa. March 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM. You can see my opinion about the topic in this site: http:/ resistenciamusical.com/index.php? Thanks’ for all Mina, you are an important person for my country! March 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM.
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Passion for Learning: Project results and how to move on
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Saturday, May 22, 2010. Project results and how to move on. WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST PILOT PHASE? All participants, their families, teachers, school principals and facilitators claim to be extremely happy with the project and want to continue with the second phase. I remember what you said about books being our friends. Now, if I feel sad or if I'm bored, I grab a book and start reading". Teamwork, non-violence and value games and exercises seem to have paid off on a short term. All particip...
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Passion for Learning: May 2008
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Monday, May 26, 2008. As a Swede, you normally develop a close relationship to literature. As a child, your parents read to you every night before you fall asleep and the nursery school teachers constantly encourage you to browse books, point out different animals and spell out the words loud. One can say that Swedish children learn to speak partly through reading books. In El Salvador, this is not the case. What does this "booklessness" imply? Monday, May 5, 2008. 161;Qué chivo va' vos! In this country,...
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Passion for Learning: Exciting progresses!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Last Friday, we realized our fourth workshop with our first group of 5th graders in the Palacio tecleño de la cultura y las artes. We practiced the democratic process by suggesting and voting abo. Coffee, an environment of mutual trust and communication was created between the parents and us as facilitators. Photos from the last two workshops with the kids are found here:. Http:/ www.facebook.com/album.php? Http:/ www.facebook.com/album.php? Some video clips are found here:.
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Passion for Learning: November 2008
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008. What four months can do with you. Four and a half months since I left El Salvador. Two and a half months until I go there again. November rain in Sweden is suddenly so much easier to cope with. And during the next four months, what will happen? Please, visit our homepage: http:/ www.schoolsforthefuture.org/. Schools for the Future. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Schools for the Future. Schools for the Future. Educating /myself in/ Colombia. VIVAZUL - El Salvador.
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Passion for Learning: March 2010
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Monday, March 8, 2010. Voices from the project. We're proud to announce that we´re now working actively with all three pilot groups! The team of facilitators consists of me and three. VOICES FROM THE PROJECT. I love books and they fascinate me, because they teach me things and they're like friends." - Monica, 12. Books give me the sense of happiness, because when I read I get totally absorbed and I forget about all the problems that a teenager has to face daily." Kriscia, 15. What I want to do in the pro...
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Passion for Learning: May 2010
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Saturday, May 22, 2010. Project results and how to move on. WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST PILOT PHASE? All participants, their families, teachers, school principals and facilitators claim to be extremely happy with the project and want to continue with the second phase. I remember what you said about books being our friends. Now, if I feel sad or if I'm bored, I grab a book and start reading". Teamwork, non-violence and value games and exercises seem to have paid off on a short term. All particip...
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