Organizations Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Australia’s central independent source on Australian curriculum and assessment. It provides the curriculum framework for education. Its curriculum includes a focus on general capabilities that include 21st century skills. Battelle for Kids An organization in the United States that supports school districts and communities in their work … Read more
Overview Autodidacticism is puzzling: it presents the most obvious of observations, and yet it is totally revolutionary. It’s out of step with the dominant educational atmosphere, and yet it is altogether of the moment. It can feel like there’s nothing to tell young people about it, and yet it’s very important to emphasize it … Read more
Research Overview Education intended to facilitate wellbeing might be one of the oldest practices of human civilization. At the same time, its execution in formal schooling is quite new and not well understood. On the one hand, the study of wellness is one of the oldest fields. After all, this topic was the explicit … Read more
Part 1: International Programs Overview The three most prominent international educational curricula are the AP, IB, and A Level. The first originates from the US, the second from Europe (founded in Switzerland by an international team), and the third is from the UK. Of the three, the IB is the only truly “international” … Read more
Research Overview The literature on edutainment is both utterly conclusive and entirely incomplete. It is conclusive in that study after study suggests that edutainment helps students learn. This idea has a long pedigree in having been voiced by towering figures such as Plato, Walter Benjamin, Dewey, Brecht, etc. To supplement those more theoretical claims, we … Read more