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What Do We Mean by Education?

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 What Do We Mean by Education? THE RIGHT KIND  of education is not concerned with any ideology, however much it may promise a future utopia: it is not based on any system, however carefully thought out, nor is it a means of conditioning the individual in some special manner. Education in the true sense is helping the individual to be mature and free, to flower greatly in love and goodness. That is what we should be interested in, and not in shaping the child according to some idealistic pattern. The highest function of education is to bring about an integrated individual who is capable of dealing with life as a whole. Education Is Freedom From Conditioning THOSE WHO ARE  being educated have rather a difficult time with their parents, their educators and their fellow students: already the tide of struggle, anxiety, fear and competition has swept in. They have to face a world that is overpopulated, with undernourished people, a world of war, increasing terrorism, inefficien...
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How Online Learning Is Reshaping Higher Education.

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  Two years ago, as   COVID-19   caused campuses to close, some institutions were able to shift their students to already robust online learning programs. But many other colleges and universities scrambled to build online education curricula from scratch. Students and faculty often found themselves logging onto Zoom or other platforms for the first time, with little knowledge of how to navigate a new world of virtual learning. “When the pandemic hit, it was a provocation, as well as a demand for innovation,” said Caroline Levander, the vice president for global and digital strategy at Rice University in Houston, during a recent webinar on the future of online learning hosted by U.S. News & World Report. While the changes were challenging for many, faculty members at Rice and elsewhere embraced the new opportunities that online learning offered. Levander shared an example of a Rice physics professor, Jason Hafner, who capitalized on the virtual envi...
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5 Reasons To Study English Online

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After over a year of running online classes almost every day YourEnglish.ie recently asked their students why they chose to attend an English course on Zoom during the pandemic. As we are (hopefully!) leaving the Coronavirus era behind us, online education (including face-to-face English classes on Zoom) is bound to stay with us.  5 Reasons To Study English Online  Here is the summary of the main reasons why adult students decided to study English online: 1- FOCUS.  Online classes (if well planned and executed) are very focused with every minute spent on acquiring new knowledge practise or revisions. The application of online tools makes the classes more engaging and fun through e.g. games and quizzes. At the same time, anything shared on a whiteboard can be saved as a screenshot on the class portal, with relevant notes allowing students to go back and study the class content in detail. This is just one of many advantages online tuition has over a traditional classroom ex...
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