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International education is not a thing; it's an idea based on ideals

A conversation site created by James MacDonald, a lifelong international educator, this site is less a website than place to engage in some ideas about what learning and leadership without borders. 

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MY JOURNEY

I started teaching the international schools in 1997. My wife and I were supposed to go over overseas for one year...and now!

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

“We have to move from an industrial model of education — a manufacturing model — to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process; it’s an organic one.” Ken Robinson

“The principal goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” Jean Paiget

“International education is a developing concept, still evolving in both theory and practice.”  Thompson & Hayden

“There is more in us than we know if we could be made to see it; perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.”  Kurt Hahn

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