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Eğitimle ilgili en güzel sözler... Gelecek adıma odaklan, tüm yola değil
Eğitim, hayatımızda çok önemli bir yer tutuyor. Bazen güçlü bir söz hayatımızı değiştirebilir. Yaşamımızda büyük bir yer tutan eğitim için de durum böyle. ABD’li eğitim içerikleri platformu ‘We are Teachers’, eğitim ve öğretmenlerle ilgili en güzel sözleri derledi. İşte bunlardan bazıları:
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Z kuşağından en iyi ödev yapmama bahaneleri
Hepimiz zaman zaman ödev yapmadığımızda çeşitli bahaneler bulmuşuzdur. Elektrikler gitti, kardeşim kağıtların üzerine su döktü, yolda giderken rüzgar sınav kağıtlarını uçurdu... Ancak artık zaman değişti, Z kuşağının kenidine has bahaneleri var. ABD’li eğitim içerikleri sitesi ‘We are Teachers’, ilkokul öğretmenlerine son zamanlarda duydukları en iyi ödev yapmama bahanelerini sordu. İşte Z kuşağından en iyi bahaneler.
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Eleştirel düşünme becerisi için 7 strateji
Eleştirel düşünme, 21’inci yüzyıl becerileri arasında ilk sırada geliyor. Ancak ülkelerde müfredatlar bu beceriyi yeterince dikkate almamakla eleştiriliyor. Öğretmenler, eleştirel düşünme becerisini öğrencilerine birkaç basit yöntemle kazandırabilir. ABD’li eğitim içerikleri platformu ‘We are Teachers’, bu konuda eğitimcilere yedi öneri sunuyor.
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Sınıflarda matematiğe eğlence katmanın 7 yolu
Türkiye’de özellikle en düşük not ortalamasına sahip alanların başında matematik geliyor. Okullarda öğrenciler bu dersi dışarıdaki dünyadan kopuk ve zor olarak algılayabiliyor. ABD’nin eğitim içerikleri platformlarından biri olan ‘We are Teachers’, sınıflarda matematiğe eğlence katmanın 7 yolunu paylaşıyor.
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Moses is Moses, Jesus is Jesus...
We were delighted with the colorful presence of 700 Turkish-speaking kids from all around the world at a recent gathering in Turkey. They won both hearts and minds in a country full of people who would be thrilled if a tourist called at them "Merhaba!" The usual answer would be, "Ne kadar güzel Türkçe konuşuyorsunuz / Your Turkish is so very good." The children came from literally all corners of the world to compete in singing, poetry-reading and prose competition at the Turkish Language Olympics, an exciting event sadly not covered by Eurosport.
Public hospitals do not make law
In virtually no society is the issue of abortion easy. It is a matter both deeply personal and broadly societal as it touches on tradition, faith, health and the rights of women. We acknowledge that there are and will be many views in Turkey as elsewhere on the ethics of terminating an unwanted pregnancy.
Film telling of struggle between two languages gains appreciation
ISTANBUL - 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' (On the Way to School) was one of the most admired films at the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival. The two directors have shot many documentaries over the years but they say this was their most successful. The documentary-like film's characters are from the real world. A young teacher who comes from Denizli tries to teach Turkish, instead of primary school classes, to Kurdish children who do not even speak a word of Turkish.
School to educate high-IQ kids only
ANTALYA - Working in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Antalya Provincial Directorate of Education plans to put children with an IQ level over 130 through an intensive academic program that will include education in both the natural sciences and the social sciences.
Export concepts, says OYAK chief
MARDIN - OYAK, Turkey’s leading pension fund which is active in automotive, steel, cement and energy, may ’export’the formula that made it a success over the past nine years, according to Chairman Coşkun Ulusoy. ’Imagine the name of any major private equity fund or pension fund worldwide, and I can guarantee you we are talking to them,’Ulusoy says.
Early marriage to be focus of study
ANKARA - A parliamentary committe initiates a study on early marriages in Turkey. "Thirty percent of marriages take place in the age group of 12-19s" says the head of the committee, who claims this is a reality in Turkey. The study is a first despite numerous research on women.
And the award goes to...all at Golden Boll Film Festival
ISTANBUL - The most important awards of the Golden Boll Film Festival seem to be distributed somewhat fairly, and have erased the atmosphere of competition. At the event, which ended Saturday, the jury presided by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, awarded Nadir Sarıbacak with best actor, Görkem Yeltan best actress and Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun best director.
Teacher of expat teens ’lands’ en NASA institute
ISTANBUL - A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month. She hopes to use her experience to help enrich the lives of the expatriate teenagers she teaches in Istanbul as well as the community.
İhsan Özkeş speaks about Atatürk, Alevis and minorities
ISTANBUL - İhsan Özkeş is not an unknown person. He sprang to national attention recently when he conducted the funeral service of the late Türkan Saylan who led the fight against leprosy in Turkey and provided tens of thousands of liras in scholarships for young students around the country.
Foreign, local artists’ display at Beylerbeyi
ISTANBUL - Twenty local and international artists, brought together by Filipino curator and artist Rowena Martinez Ulayan, are showing their work at Beylerbeyi Palace on Istanbul’s Asian shoreline. Hailing from Cuba, Mauritius, Russia, South Africa and the United States, as well as Turkey, all the artists brought together by Ulayan have made Istanbul their home. The exhibition, ’Creative Euphoria,’ is on view until June 4
Istanbul craft tour: It’s reigning women
ISTANBUL - On the Behind the Bazaar tour next month meet women designers who whip antique pieces into forward-fashion shape. As the few female merchants among the some 4,000 Grand Bazaar shops can attest, males have ruled the sales roost. But women are shaping their own paths in the art market, traditions intact