The following reflection by Nick Martino is part of a series of blog posts written by THINK Global School faculty members to showcase their thoughts and experiences from a recent weXplore trip to Washington D.C. To view the entire conversation, visit us on Spot. IN OUR MOST recent weXplore trip to Washington D.C. the students and teachers of THINK Global School explored many aspects of the core values and culture...
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The following reflection by Mattie Boyce is part of a series of blog posts written by THINK Global School faculty members to showcase their thoughts and experiences from a recent weXplore trip to Washington D.C. To view the entire conversation, visit us on Spot. “The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence: we are spineless and cannot stand straight.” -Ai Weiwei FOR THOSE...
Read MoreThe following reflection by Russell Cailey is part of a series of blog posts written by THINK Global School faculty members to showcase their thoughts and experiences from a recent weXplore trip to Washington D.C. To view the entire conversation, visit us on Spot. “I would say, on the basis of having observe a thousand people in the experiment and having my own intuition shaped and informed by these experiments,...
Read MoreThe following reflection by Mary Cooper is part of a series of blog posts written by THINK Global School faculty members to showcase their thoughts and experiences from a recent weXplore trip to Washington, D.C. To view the entire conversation, visit us on Spot. THE SCENE HAD BEEN set in a graphic presentation of the plight of the Jews during The Holocaust of World War II. We listened to the...
Read MoreThe following reflection by Lee ann Thomas is part of a series of blog posts written by THINK Global School faculty members to showcase their thoughts and experiences from a recent weXplore trip to Washington, D.C. To view the entire conversation, visit us on Spot. Increasingly over the last few years I have been able to see firsthand many artworks I have long admired and studied. There’s a certain kind...
Read MoreCognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child’s development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skills, the learning of language(s) and other aspects of brain development as compared to an adult. In other words, cognitive development is the emergence of the ability to think and understand. An enormous amount of research has been conducted into understanding how a child imagines the...
Read MoreTEACHING SCIENCE AT THINK Global School comes with a distinct advantage not found at most other high schools: holding courses in a different country each term allows our teachers to turn their surrounding environments into lush organic classrooms. Lessons are often held outdoors amidst expansive foliage or underwater. By spending time in delicate ecosystems such as the Galapagos Islands and Iguazú Falls, our teachers are able to better impart onto...
Read MoreOver the last two and a half years, THINK Global School has made its way to a wide variety of exotic and varied locations, and we've learned new and wonderful things from the inhabitants of each culture along the way. One place that we had never held classes up until this point, however, is in North America. That has all changed with our current spring term in the colonial city...
Read MoreAfter seeing our students' responses to a mini-unit on Indigenous Rights and our weXplore meeting with the Guarani people at their village of Fortin Mborore, I felt compelled to begin a unit on the multitude of human rights issues that exist throughout our world. The Guarani peoples, for example, have long struggled with their treatment in both Brazil and Argentina as they are forcefully removed from their land. ...
Read MoreWHEN STROLLING THROUGH the trendy Buenos Aires Puerto Madero neighborhood, instances of modernity abound. Finely-tuned European cars sit in front of lavish glass condos, status symbols for the affluent Argentines lucky enough to afford them. Such items are not the norm in Argentina, however, and the government in particular has struggled with the complexities associated with the modern era. Poor leadership, corruption, and economic instability are all issues that have...
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