by Evan Dwan | May 10, 2020 | News |
In the book, Place-based learning in the global age, Gregory Smith talks about a social movement called ‘The new localism’ that has emerged as a result of the disruption of traditional community life that came about as a result of economic development. This movement...
by Evan Dwan | May 10, 2020 | News |
In a recent article in the Economist I read that young children should be the first to return to school after the Covid-19 pandemic on the basis that they are not yet capable of self-directed learning. This is quite ironic – young infants, arguably, are the most...
by Evan Dwan | May 9, 2020 | News |
It is said that before he could talk, Pablo Picasso could draw. In fact, his mother claimed that the first words out of his mouth was ‘pencil’! When he was small, this young artist would draw circular shapes in the sand. Pablo lived a long and interesting life. Much...
by Evan Dwan | May 8, 2020 | News |
Circe gave Odysseus directions to the underworld. He sailed into the northerly wind, following the stream of ocean until he came to Persephone’s grove of trees. From there the gates of the underworld opened before him. In the grove Odysseus dug a trench and filled it...
by Evan Dwan | May 8, 2020 | News |
They arrived, after barely surviving a ferocious storm at sea, at a wooded island, filled with beeches and oaks. On the shore lions and tigers and wolves prowled but when approached they rolled over and purred. Odysseus sent some men to investigate. The beasts led the...
by Evan Dwan | May 7, 2020 | News |
As a child she played with a toy chimpanzee her father gave her. Little did she know that when she grew older her life’s work would be spent playing with real chimpanzees in the wilds of Africa. Jane Goodall went into a remote jungle in Africa and followed the chimps....
