Posts Categorized: International Education

It’s pretty widespread knowledge by now just how destructive the Western World’s curricula can be to a student’s learning ability by now, with a wide majority of them based in Industrial-era origins and focusing more on continuing the factory line of workers, many other curricula have come to rise in order to fill the creative void, in… Read more »

Oman’s always been one of those unknown countries. Small time, not nearly as much history as its close neighbours in Qatar, Bahrain, and most notably, the United Arab Emirates, and on top of that it hasn’t exactly had a thriving economy, up until now. After the discovery of oil in the region, the country has… Read more »

Every year in the South Indian State of Kerala in the town of Thrissur, the Elephant Festival takes place. Starting in early May and dating back over 200 years, the festival begins in the Vadakkunnathan Temple and over the course of the day spreads out to ten temples across the region which are: The Thiruvambadi… Read more »

It seems that in the past couple of decades, more and more new curriculums are springing up, each one claiming to enhance the student’s learning. But why do we need a new curriculum? If it’s not broken then don’t fix it right? Wrong. It’s more broken than people think. The current UK curriculum is most… Read more »

You get in and open the door first thing in the morning as heavy footsteps of the class thump slowly and forcibly in as you stand at the front and ten, twenty, fifty faces look back at you. The morning register is announced and the faces slump back into their seats, chewing on pens and… Read more »

You’ve heard about it all over the place and it’s definitely true when it’s said that Nigeria is rising and fast; due to the discovery of a widespread amount of oil fields the country is now the world’s tenth biggest oil supplier and this has seen GDP growth rise higher than every other country in… Read more »

Due to the wide amount of influences the country has experienced over the course of the last two thousand years, Africa has some of the most diverse foodstuffs and some of the most varied cuisine and culinary techniques on the planet and sees the types of dishes split into five main categories including Central, East,… Read more »

Starting between the 13th and the 15th of April, Songkran, the Thai Festival of Cleansing commences. The name translates to ‘Astrological Passage’ and is believed to have been adapted from the Sankranti Hindu festival, although today it is treated very differently and sees its biggest celebrations in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the north, for at… Read more »

If there’s one thing all teachers have been asking, one question on the tip of the tongue but that has never been answered since the beginning of formal education, is just one word: How? Time and time again, numerously inventive ways of education have been tried and tested, from the oldschool Victorian-era disciplinary ways to… Read more »

It’s not often that I get to write an article that has been brought about by watching videos for the first hour of my time in work, but when I do, it’s because I’ve been inspired. There are several topics in particular that have inspired this article and what it’s about: Reforming education for the… Read more »