The economics and e-commerce module set out to understand the new age of Indian economics. Over the past five weeks students have learned and experienced the entire economic spectrum of India, from rural to urban and from low-tech to high tech. The student experience mirrored India’s economic transformation from spinning wheel to fiber-optic cable. This past week students did a deep dive into the world of high tech India in...
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A group of Class 10 students from New York-based "THINK Global School" -- a travelling high school that sends its students from different nations to other countries on learning trips -- collected samples of the Ganga water during their visit to Varanasi.
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The faculty and students of a travelling high school, which conducts every semester in a different country, on their unique approach to learning and what they take away from India
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What uni did you attend for your undergrad? What was your undergraduate major/minor? I attended University of Southampton and I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. What was the most challenging/rewarding part of your university undergraduate experience? Any course highlights? The most rewarding part of studying psychology was being able to link it to everyday life. My favourite module was Intergroup and interpersonal influence. This module was...
Read More#1 What university are you currently attending? I’m about to enter my second year at the University of Manchester here in the UK. #2 What is your major/minor? Any course highlights? I’m studying for a Bachelor of Science. in International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response. The course is the perfect fit for me, as I have always been interested in humanitarianism -- even since before joining TGS. The institute...
Read MoreThe only “traveler” high school in the world where children learn in four different countries per year
They followed Ulysses through Greece. They built a school for less fortunate children in India and crossed the Great Wall of China. It is not about an NGO, but about the students of the only "traveler" high school in the world. At THINK Global School, children learn in four different countries per year.
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"This song is for the inspirational people of New Light, the working women of Kolkata and their children. May you continue to push for a better future." -Eden H. At the start of their term in India, Eden H. and several of our Grade 12 students embarked on a weXplore to the West Bengal city of Kolkata. Here they had a chance to explore the historical and contemporary issues that make...
Read MoreMe llamo Kucha, y no sé como respirar como un hombre. No soy un hombre - esto está claro, si nada más. ¡Espera! De hecho, estuve mintiendo. También está claro que no soy una mujer, o cualquiera otra cosa que tiene ambas una etiqueta y límites fijados. Cosa. ¿Sabes que mi nombre significa ‘cosa’? Estuve hablando de cosas, justo en ese momento. Verdaderamente, debería ser una historia de gente y...
Read MoreThis past week I had the pleasure of attending the launch party at HundrED.org as a representative of THINK Global School (TGS). If you aren’t familiar with HundrED, their mission is to help schools change by spreading the word of innovative educational practices from across the globe. This year our school, TGS, had the honor of being named as one of these top 100 innovative programs. As I sat through...
Read MoreWe're seeing--from Getting Smart, Education Reimagined, and others--more and more helpful lists of schools that are pushing the envelope of the traditional school model. But at the moment, with everything that's surfacing, it's a bit hard to decipher what themes are emerging and where things are headed.
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