Education
Curriculums, Texts
"A free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners
around the world...a publication of MIT course materials...does not require
any registration." Over 1900 Courses available, spanning the fields
of Architecture, Engineering, Management, Health Sciences, Humanities,
Arts, Social Sciences, and beyond. Everything from Air Traffic Control,
Experimental Molecular Biology and Microeconomic Theory to Costume Design,
Music Composition, Videogame Theory and much more.
"COSTP will provide a new model for textbook creation in the State of
California by 1) leveraging free, already-existing, and widely available K-12
educational content in the public domain; 2) better leveraging the substantial
curriculum-based intellectual capital of California's best K-12 teachers; and
3) using innovative copyright tools to secure new and dormant K-12 textbook
content that would not otherwise be made available."
"...to help our next generation by providing a free science textbook for Grades
10-12 to all South African learners."
a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit
"to create a written plan for educating a child from grades K-12, including
a complete set of course materials under the GNU Free Documentation License,
including textbooks, workbooks, homework and tests."
an effort to produce free (CC licensed) textbooks
"Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading
comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content."
"free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals...all
subjects and languages..."
"...to make the original published reports of ideas, discoveries, and research
results in the life sciences and medicine (and eventually other fields) freely
available online, without restrictions on use or further distribution..." For
example, see this paper on Gray Wolves and Climate Change in Yellowstone.
Study of the role text-books play in creating over-burdened back-packs for
children.
Organizations, Projects
"The museum of science, art and human perception", the Exploratorium was
founded in 1969 by Frank Oppenheimer and others who wished to provide
informal learning experiences in a public space. Check out the
Teacher Institute and Institute for Inquiry. Or head over to
The Palace of Fine Arts and experience the interactive exhibits first-hand!
"Developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, Waldorf education is based on a
developmental approach that addresses the needs of the growing child and
maturing adolescent. Waldorf teachers strive to transform education in to an
art that educates the whole child—the heart and the hands, as well as the
head."
From Italy: "...educational project developed and practiced in the Municipal
Infant-toddler Centers and Preschools of Reggio Emilia."
From Germany: "According to the slogan Thinking and learning about the
environment with head, heart and hand, pupils explore their local and regional
environment for special phenomena. Their impressions and experiences will then
be expressed creatively in an artistic and aesthetic manner. The finished
products will be presented to the local communities in the individual schools
and will later be offered for sale."
From India, an organization that endeavors to "...construct and connect new
open learning communities"
an interview with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi about what motivates people to learn
"...works with schools...to implement and enhance student technology programs
through innovative curriculum, online tools and research-based support
services. Programs focus on student-centered, project-based experiences that
impact student's lives and increase student involvement in school and community
through technology."
"...researchers from UC Berkeley and elsewhere are collaborating with middle
school teachers from inner-city, rural, and suburban public schools. We are
developing instructional methods and materials aimed at making scientific
inquiry accessible to a wide range of students."
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