July in review : the most read posts of the month

Rio2016

https://www.rio2016.com

Rio Olympic Games 2016 start tomorrow, the 5 August. One day before the opening ceremony. More than 11,000 athletes and support team members are already staying in huge complex. Party atmosphere sweeps Olympic Village.

With one day before the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a party atmosphere is sweeping through the Olympic Village.

The majority of the 208 nations are now represented at the village, a complex of 31 buildings that contain 3,604 apartments. At peak time it will be home to more than 17,000 guests.

Mascots Jobim & Tom

https://www.rio2016.com

Get ready for the intense excitement of 42 Olympic sport disciplines, 306 events over the course of 19 days of competition will yield 136 medals for women, 161 for men and nine mixed medals.

We are all excited waiting for tomorrow. Don't you? Jobim and Tom, the mascots Rio2016 are very happy, see?

Ok. So it's time to end the introduction of the rundown of the most read posts in July.

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

Educação & Línguas : Vamos ler Harry Potter and The Cursed Child?

Education: The 4th July & Eyes on June : resources & apps 

Éducation : Difficulté de parler #Nice aux enfants? 

Education . Go to the theater : Harry Potter and The Cursed Child 

Science Education: Exploring the Big Dipper 

Education & disability : Francesca Jones, the power of a dream

Summer break is on top. Schools are closed in the most part of European countries. Soon starts in the United States of America, Australia and some other countries.

Well, I will be back to posting some ideas and educational resources. My summer break? Very soon!

G-Souto 

04.08.2016

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Education : Happy New Year 2013

"Everyone has the right to education."

"A quality education throughout life is the birthright of every woman, man and child. In turn, education, particularly that of girls and women, aids progress across 

all development goals."


Qian Tang, UNESCO 
Assistant Director-General for Education

Gender inequality is still an obstacle to Education for All. Two out of three countries in the world face gender disparities in primary and secondary education, and as many as half will not achieve the goal of gender parity in education by 2015, according to the 2010 Global Education Digest – the agship publication of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Photograph: Alamy

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But there is still obstacles to Education inequality disparities in schools. 

There is a strong correlation between poverty and disability. For example, most children with disabilities live in developing countries and represent a third of all out-of-school children. Those who attend are less likely to complete their schooling. The education for children with disabilities for the most part continues to take place in separate educational settings.

Poverty in developed countries is going worst.Teachers report more children turning up for school hungry and unready to learn, every day. Immediate action is a moral imperative.

http://www.aide-et-action.org/

Inégalités sociales et territoriales, inégalités technologiques, discriminations, pédagogies inadaptées, pénurie d’enseignants, pauvreté sont aujourd’hui autant de raisons qui impactent l’accès de tous à une éducation de qualité et réduisent les perspectives d’avenir de toute une jeunesse. 

"Chaque enfant est différent, chaque famille aussi. L’uniformisation éducative amène à un appauvrissement des apprentissages et de la relation élève-enseignant. Avec des pratiques participatives comme les projets d’écoles, notamment sur l’éducation aux médias, l’enfant reprend confiance, s’engage dans un projet, apprend de ses pairs."

Alors, je finis l'année 2012 avec un message d'espoir! Je vous proprose de regarder la vidéo et de lire les vers de Jacques Prévert:

"Et les vitres redeviennent sable
l'encre redevient eau
les pupitres redeviennent arbres (...)." 

Jacques Prévert, Page d'écriture, 1945

We're in the last hours of 2012 and I would like to say thank you to all of you who have read and shared any or all posts that I have published on G-Souto's Blog this year.

After more than seven full years of writing this blog I'm still amazed by the support of all of you from all over the world. The satellite map is clear.

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."

Nicholas Murray Butler
1862-1947, Philosopher, Diplomat and Educator

I wish everyone the best! Happy New Year to all educators! 

Let's continue our beautiful work in 2013! 

G-Souto

31.12.2012

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References:

Credits; videos UNESCO | Aide et Action

Respecting the rights of persons with disabilities

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/resources/online-materials/single-view/news/respecting_the_rights_of_persons_with_disabilities/

UNESCO and Education: Everyone has the right to education
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002127/212715e.pdf 

Aide et Action
http://www.aide-et-action.org/ewb_pages/a/actu5384.php

Tribute: Special Olympics 2011 for Children with Disabilities

http://eu.greekreporter.com/

Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011 took place at Athens, June 25 - July 04. 

The Games brought together more than 7,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 180 countries competing in 22 Olympic-type sports.

Impressing number, don't you agree?

"Special Olympics is where athletes with intellectual disabilities celebrate and are celebrated for their accomplishments. It's often the first time that our athletes have truly taken center stage and been recognized as individuals. And the focus is not limited to sports. In diverse areas like healthcare, leadership training, legislative self advocacy and employment, Special Olympics takes a leadership role."

http://www.athens2011.org/en/

UNICEF and Special Olympics usher in new era of protection for children with disabilities. Chris Niles reported on the opening of Special Olympics in Athens.

UNICEF Director Anthony Lake joined cheering athletes, families and other supporters from around the world. And he express UNICEF concerning about children with disabilities.

Education:

Children with disabilities are vulnerable, stigmatized in society, in school. 

Educators have a crucial role helping the integration of children with disabilities in school and in the classroom working together with school psychologist or special needs teacher.

Children with intellectual and physical disabilities suffer negative attitudes from some colleagues and educators must be very careful in leadership and dialogue  with students about the differences of some students.

Civics is a good cross-curricula to debate those differences.

One of the most important curriculum is Sports. Kids with disabilities have wonderful performance in it. They are enthousiastic because they can participate with the colleagues and feel more integrated in the group.

"Special Olympics often is the only place where they have an opportunity to participate in their communities and develop belief in themselves. Many live lives of neglect and isolation, hidden away or socially excluded from full participation in schools or society. Transforming the athlete, Special Olympics sports are a gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy."

We can see the joy of children with disabilities in the Special Olympics video below:

This is the official compilation music video recap for the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011.

"These kids, more than any other kids, are stigmatized, they are excluded from schools, they are expelled from their families, they are vulnerable to trafficking of the most horrible kinds, they are denied the right to become productive members of their societies, which is a loss to the societies as well as the kids,”

Anthony Lake, chief executive UNICEF

"Every athlet needs a fan" - visit the website Be a Fan of Unity here

G-Souto

06.07.2011

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