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It is raining in Taipei

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  It is raining in Taipei  (A Jazz Ballad for a Warm Rainy Day) Left my umbrella folded, didn’t care Stepped into a street that shimmered everywhere Neon bleeding red and green Where the wet world makes a mirror of everything Some dressed in a ghost-white cape Life slips on by—no honk, no haste Just the rhythm on the awning And the smell of Taipei in the rain Oh, rain on the asphalt, warm and slow Where the city leans in soft and low No place to go, nowhere to be Just the rain, just the rain, just the rain and me And when I dry off and turn the key I won’t remember what I saw, you see I’ll remember how I slowed enough to feel That surrender is the only thing that’s real Shhh… just the rain… Mmm, just the rain. Yeah. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via  Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art .  Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private ...
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Behavioural Change and Improved Learning

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(This discussion paper is contextual to Australian schools.) The relationship between behavioral change and improved learning is a deeply rooted process of schooling. As structures go, classrooms contain a largely sized body of people within smallish size rooms, students are legislated to compulsory attend, and are regulated by the powers of a solitary instructor/manager.  For an individual child to successfully learn in this controlled space classroom behavior must be acquired. The child learns this behavior in the classroom itself. Classroom behaviour is a learning discipline in itself. It is difficult for a child to learn within a classroom if the child doesn’t subscribe to classroom rules. Schools are ‘disciplinary institutions’.   Australian schooling is  similar to the descriptions formed by Foucault.  In reference to Foucault  this discussion concerns the relationship between power, knowledge and future social positioning.  This discussion i...
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Globalization of Eductation

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Readings: Global Student Mobility in the Asia Pacific: Mobility, Migration, Security and Well-being of international students:   http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Global-Student-Mobility-in-the-Asia-Pacific--Mobility--Migration--Security-and-Wellbeing-of-Internat1-4438-1908-5.htm Two cultures in science :   http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/two--cultures-in-science/5154684 Science, Engineering and mathematics in Crisis :  http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the National Interest: A Strategic Approach in July 2013 :   http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/STEMstrategy290713FINALweb.pdf Globalization and the Australian Dream :  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sundayextra/the-australian-dream-is-over/5154750 The following discussion is based on personal understandings in association with the signifi...
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