Travel Musings – Recent Trip to France and Switzerland
Bags packed, id’s safely tucked in the zipped pocket of our handbags, we slid into uber to catch a flight to Paris,…
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National Gallery of Arts Virtual Tour – My Reflections on Possibilities & Stumbling Blocks
My love for the arts, a strong belief in meliorism, and a background of having been a teacher, steered me to the…
Struggles: An Opportunity for Growth
Too much stability has been scientifically linked to a lack of growth & learning in our lives. As the old adage goes,…
The Gift of Courage
“Courage may be the most important gift of all. It is not something we are born with. It is not something that,…
The Hue and Cry Surrounding the Afghan Government Collapse – How Can I Be Wrong?
I think not just in a severe conflict or war situations, but also in everyday life where sundry complexities abound and surround…
A Kerkuffle around Teaching the Critical Race Theory
In an apparent attempt to restrict the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT), the new Texas law (June 2021) prevents a teacher…
The Responsibility of Schools to Create a Culture of Critical Thinking for Life-long Learning
The newly formed education ministry in India has outlined significant changes and conceived new directions in the curriculum and education policy with…
Respecting Identities
(This blog is a response to Kaywin Weldman’s blog: https://www.nga.gov/blog/memory-museums-once-known.html Kaywin is the National Gallery of Art’s first woman director) In the…
How Museum Education Cultivates Critical Thinking – Part II
Encourage Multiple Perspectives In his investment theory of creativity, Sternberg (2006) identifies three intellectual skills that constitute the intellectual abilities crucial for…
Teaching to Think Scientifically (What we Teach)
On a chilly winter morning, a thick fog enshrouding the town, an 8th grader whom I teach English online on weekends, messaged…