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pretzellogic
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 25, 2011 at 11:44 AMWell, i'm not a China expert, so I'll take your word for it :-)
Posted on: Marco Polo in China
January 24, 2011 at 3:01 AMI've never heard of MPS before this show. In Lanzhou, there were so few foreign tourists, it would have been hard to have MPS. The few tourists that were there were usually there to adopt babies, so they didn't really care what the residents were up to.
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
January 24, 2011 at 2:14 AMI'm so glad that not all women are this indecisive.
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 23, 2011 at 2:57 PMNote to self: Research reveals that parental engagement at home and engagement at school are not equally important to children's learning. At the same time, extensive research reviews find that the home environment is among the most important influences on academic performance (Wang, M.C., G.D. Haertel, and H.J. Walberg. (1993). "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning." Review of Educational Research 63, 3: 249-294.).
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 23, 2011 at 1:52 PMWell, Success! I know all the characters you wrote, and now I know what you said!
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 23, 2011 at 12:13 PMI've heard the "stifling creativity" argument against Chinese schools fairly often (from Chinese as well as foreigners), but after a 20 minute search on various terms (in English), I haven't found any peer reviewed research that attempts to quantify this. It might be the research is all in Chinese, so I would love it if someone could produce a study or two that actually specifies what creativity areas are being stifled.
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 23, 2011 at 11:42 AMYes, that is helpful. I was also thinking of these kinds of things:
http://www.learnersedgeinc.com/file/Parental%20Engagement%20That%20Makes%20a%20Difference.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html
Posted on: Going on a Diet
January 21, 2011 at 10:42 AMmight anyone happen to know how many calories, Total fat, and dietary fiber are in 1 cup of
莴笋 – wo1sun3 – asparagus lettuce?
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 20, 2011 at 3:10 AMyeah, maybe. But we probably shouldn't underestimate the power of the home environment. Parents that allow the kid to first do their homework, then have a creative environment at home is still critical. I should dig up more research on that, but I think what you do at home is going to help a lot to enforce/encourage creativity. The TV is also off in our house (at least for now), so there's plenty of time for creative play, drawing, building, torturing siblings....
Posted on: International vs. Local Schools
January 25, 2011 at 11:49 AMJohn, your list is helpful. Your list, plus some of the research implies that a home environment that allows for low stress play, and homework downtime can overcome much of the rigidness of a Chinese school. Of course, getting all that homework done without stress is going to be a challenge, and a balancing act. But that's what parenting is anyway.