by Jared Kuruzovich | Jul 11, 2018 | Education, Politics, Popular Culture |
Should I respond or not? I mentally shifted gears several times, veering between amusement and annoyance. Several weeks before, I had read an opinion piece in The Nation, one of the most prominent newspapers in Thailand, which claimed that the international school...
by Jared Kuruzovich | Oct 22, 2017 | Education |
In 1983 the Reagan administration in the United States published A Nation at Risk, a report that painted a dire picture of the American public education system, portraying it as outdated and failing students. Spurred by the claims of irrelevance, a demand for change...
by Jared Kuruzovich | May 14, 2016 | Education |
(Updated for 2019) Browse through any forum related to Thailand and you’ll see it: a thread about teaching at international schools in Bangkok. As one of the most popular destinations for educators in the world, the city boasts over 100 international schools and...
by Jared Kuruzovich | Apr 24, 2016 | Art & Design, Education |
The arts in education are under attack…again. Faced with faltering economies, ballooning deficits and stagnant job markets, governments around the world have again begun proposing budget cuts and reforms, all targeted toward eliminating music, visual art and drama in...
by Jared Kuruzovich | Aug 12, 2015 | Education |
In the 1950s famed educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom proposed a classification of learning objectives that has since become one of the most influential theories in the education world. Identifying three domains—cognitive, affective and psychomotor—Bloom...
by Jared Kuruzovich | Nov 20, 2014 | Education, Travel |
The smiling man said his name was Jake and, in my jet-lagged mind, that was enough. I followed him out of the Incheon Airport to a minivan, threw my bag in and sank back against the seat. Following the advice of a friend, I was moving to South Korea to teach English...
