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For centuries, Inuit hunters navigated the Arctic by consulting wind, snow and sky. Now they use GPS. Speakers of the aboriginal language Gurindji, in northern Australia, used to command 28 variants of each cardinal direction. Children there now use the four basic terms, and they don't use them very well.

What happens to cognitive diversity...

Added by Roberto Greco
Updated 10 days ago

Why education is so difficult and contentious. ABSTRACT This article proposes to explain why education is so difficult and contentious by arguing that educational thinking draws on only three fundamental ideas&emdash;that of socializing the young, shaping the mind by a disciplined academic curriculum, and facilitating the development of students' potential.

Why education is so difficult and...

Added by Roberto Greco
Updated 11 days ago

"If you don't think schools and more 'education' are necessary, and if in fact, you believe they are part of the problem, then what do you propose? What's your solution?" Time and again, in the two years of Shikshantar's existence, this question has been posed to us.

If not schooling, then what? Learning...

Added by Roberto Greco
Updated 10 days ago

Over the past eight years, Shikshantar has supported the growth of co-creators in many different organizational and community contexts. During this time, we have also tried to develop our own space as an organic learning community to nurture fellow co-learners.

Towards an Organic Learning Community |...

Added by Roberto Greco
Updated 10 days ago

A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.

The Surprising History of Americans...

Connected by Roberto Greco
11 days ago

what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation

“what if public libraries were open...

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Updated 11 days ago

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