History of Education

A fine source on the History of Education is to be found HERE

Social action

The diversity of social action - of people’s desire to provide a helping hand - never ceases to amaze.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camera_rwanda/317022022/
“Sisters of Rwanda is a non-profit organization focused on women who make their living as a commercial sex worker, and/or have been sexually abused. Our purpose is to provide these vulnerable girls with a sustainable income and [...]

Selfhelp Magazine - a wonderful source of helpful articles

Selfhelp Magazine is an astonishing source of advice for nearly every concern under the sun. There blurb reads thus;
Welcome to SelfhelpMagazine, your trusted self help website and online psychology magazine since 1994. In our pages, you will find peer-reviewed educational materials written by professionals who have gathered self help tips from general [...]

The value of learning and learning valued

I came across thi extract from an articles in Newsweek;

Late one February night, more than a dozen masked gun carrying Taliban burst into the 10-room girls’ school in Nooria’s village, Madrawar about 100 miles east of Kabul. They tied up and beat the night watchman, soaked the principal’s office and the library with gasoline, set [...]

Integral Education Seminar August 1st - 6th 2008, Washington State USA

Integral Education
FROM CRADLE TO KOSMOS
Exploring the leading edge of educational theory and practice
August 1–6, 2008
Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island
Washington State
Go HERE for more information

As the Brits would say, ‘Let’s have a nice cup of tea!”

Zen Buddhist stories & Holistic Inquiry - A Nice Cup of Tea!

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could [...]

The Metanexus conference 2008 announcement

The Metanexus Institute has just announced details of its 2008 conference which looksextremely interesting - for full details click on link below.
Metanexus Conference 2008
Subject, Self, and Soul:

Transdisciplinary Approaches to Personhood

July 13 – 17, 2008

Their introduction starts as below - for full details book on link above.

MIHI QUAESTIO FACTUS SUM
(I have become [...]