Professors and Lemann Center Directors, Paulo Blikstein and David Plank, spoke on the topic of the Base Nacional (Common Core Curriculum) in Brazil this past week in the capital city of Brasília. The interview was broadcasted by the Brazilian national congress news channel, TV Câmara.
Lemann Center Webinars
TV Câmara: Comissão de Educação - Reunião Deliberativa
Lemann Center Class: Enhancing Education - Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil
Lemann Center Class: Another View of Educational Technologies
Lemann Center Class 3/1/16: Scandals in Brazilian Society
Lemann Center Class: Paulo Freire - A Product of a Moment
Lemann Center postdoc Rebecca Tarlau and Visiting Scholar Paula Luzano lead a discussion on Paulo Freire and his impact on the world of education.
Classroom, Disrupted - Stanford Magazine
An article in the Stanford Alumni Magazine on Lemann Center professor Paulo Blikstein, and his Tranformative Learning Technologies Lab here at the Graduate School of Education. Blikstein discusses his take on pedagogy and technology in the modern age.
New Assessments Will Measure Creativity of Students, Says Educator - Folha de São Paulo
A Q&A interview with Assistant Professor Paulo Blikstein on his personal background in education, and his views on the intersection of education and technology in Brazil.
Ceará Goes To School
The state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil is undergoing one of the most ambitious reforms of public education in Latin America. In this article, Normal Gall describes his experience visiting classrooms and interviewing teachers in the region, and discusses the value of literacy in a developing country with immense political and fiscal uncertainties.
“A belief in human development and in the value of striving led me to visit classrooms and interview students, teachers and managers at all levels of the public education system, impressed by the emergence of so many talented people responding to opportunities and clearly defined goals.”
- Norman Gall
Information and College Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial - Ford School
