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My opening remarks at the OR Tambo Debate and an afterword… | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Who watches the watchmen? SADTU, SACE and the insidiousness of corruption. Reading to some purpose →. My opening remarks at the OR Tambo Debate and an afterword…. July 20, 2015. I include my opening remarks and one or two comments below. Let me highlight the 4 most impressive achievements as I see them. Everyday 9 million children receive at least one free school meal and this is paid for the by the State. Crisis when w...
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Book review | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Category Archives: Book review. 8220;Becoming a man” – Paul Monette [Book reflection]. November 23, 2013. Inefficiencies or wholesale ineptitude this was pacified to clear. Inefficiencies and systemic capacity deficits . Words like ‘ heinous’. Goes a voice in my head, it was just like that for me. A disposition to meaning. Why do they fear us? Why do they want us invisible? I know that the good guys aren’t all gay, or t...
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Who watches the watchmen? SADTU, SACE and the insidiousness of corruption | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. 8220;Early action key to improving maths” – my Business Day article. My opening remarks at the OR Tambo Debate and an afterword… →. Who watches the watchmen? SADTU, SACE and the insidiousness of corruption. July 20, 2015. In the first or second century AD the Roman satirist Juvenal asked “ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 8221; which translates to “Who will watch the watchmen? 8221; or “Who will guard the guards? That was...
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Teaching | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Economic and Development Problems in Africa (2014 Semester 2). 2014 Semester 1 – Course outline. 4 Feb 2014) – Intro. 10 Feb 2014) – Understanding Foreign Aid. Required: Andrew Mwenda’s lecture Paved with good intentions: Africa and the curse of foreign aid. 11 Feb 2014) – Poverty and Inequality in South Africa. Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers 22/2010. 3 Mar) – The Economics of Health in Africa”. Lecture 8 (8 April...
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Other | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Angela Duckworth’s great lecture. On “True Grit”. Hans Rosling – New Insights on Poverty. Elizabeth Pisani – Sex, Drugs and HIV – Let’s Get Rational. Geoffrey West – The Surprising Math of Cities. Pranav Mistry – The Thrilling Potential of Sixth Sense Technology. Brene Brown – Vulnerability. Lisa Kristine – Glimpses of modern slavery. 8211; searches the world’s blog posts for occurrences of the. Site – the best an...
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Reading to some purpose… | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. 8220;The Road to Self Renewal”. 8220;Early action key to improving maths” – my Business Day article →. Reading to some purpose…. July 3, 2015. New Yorker article “ Can reading make you happier? 8221; – I like the idea of Bibliotherapy🙂. 8220; Preventing reading difficulties in young children. 8221; (1998) – PDF scan of the book by Catherine Snow. 8211; authoritative and exhaustive. 8221; The thing that shocked me the m...
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“Early action key to improving maths” – my Business Day article | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Reading to some purpose…. Who watches the watchmen? SADTU, SACE and the insidiousness of corruption →. 8220;Early action key to improving maths” – my Business Day article. July 6, 2015. The article below appeared in the Business Day on the 6th of July 2015. 8220; Early action key to improving maths. 8221; – Dr Nic Spaull. There are many improvements in education for which the government does not get enough credit. I...
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Links I liked… | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. A world of languages – and how many speak them (infographic). 8220;The Road to Self Renewal” →. Links I liked…. June 12, 2015. On the 7th of July I will be part of a debate with the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga as well as Prof Mary Metcalfe, Sizwe Nxasana and Nadi Albino. If you’re around join us – it should be an interesting debate🙂 (to RSVP see the invite above). 8221; (Reddy, Zuze et al, 2015). Which...
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Presentations | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. Presentations I’ve given:. May 2016. Getting Reading Right: An overview of the Zenex ‘Laying Firm Foundations’ research project. May 2016. What do we know about reading outcomes in South Africa? Presentation to Bridge Forum, Johannesburg 18 May 2016. May 2016. Doing Education Differently: Curriculum and Assessment for the 21st Century. Principals Upfront, Bridge. Johannesburg, 18 May 2016. September 2015. Getting Re...
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Reading to some purpose | Nic Spaull
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Mandela. My opening remarks at the OR Tambo Debate and an afterword…. Start where you are, with what you have… →. Reading to some purpose. August 11, 2015. Important This American Life. Podcast on accidental school desegregation in Missouri in 2013 (via Doron Isaacs. The School of Life asks “ What’s Education For? Inside The Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers. 8211; very cool WIRED article. 8221; via Garth Spencer Smith.
