Kategorie: Allgemein
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The Secret Of Teaching Is Not Teaching
Drucker, Peter F. (1994). Adventures of a Bystander, 81. Story behind the Passage Why did it take me so long to find out the secret of teaching? If you want to be a great teacher, you need to let go of any concept of teaching. Instead, you need to be a learner. You need to…
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Either Or Is Killing Dreams
Sher, Barbara (2006): Refuse to Choose: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the LIfe and Career of Your Dreams, 126. Story behind the Passage There are so many endless circles, I cannot count them anymore. There are always two results: interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue are the catch words. But the funny and…
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Show And Tell And Not Vice Versa
Dacey, Linda, and Rebeka Eston (2002). Show and Tell: Representing and Communicating Mathematical Ideas in K-2 Classrooms, 1. Story behind the Passage Language is such a difficult thing. That is why I wish that we would all be using children’s books for communication. Well, or at least, some methods of child pedagogy. I have at…
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Cutting Out The Middle Men
Platform Business Model explained…in under 100 words | Deloitte Switzerland Story behind the Passage As you know, I can be quite passionate about things. The thing I am most passionate about is injustice. Of course, injustice is everywhere and we cannot all turn into Mother Teresas to fight it. Still, people with my personality traits…
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The Prince S Journey
Mertikat, Felix, and Benjamin Schreuder (2010). Jakob. Story behind the Passage Today, the Buckingham Palace announced the passing of Prince Philip. He was 99. The book above is one of the most beautiful and sad ones about mourning that I ever read. My Learnings We knew you from the papers and TV. The tall guy with…
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Book Of The Week Eine Reise Von 1000 Meilen Beginnt Mit Dem Ersten Schritt
Reddemann, Luise (2020). Eine Reise von 1000 Meilen beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt: Seelische Kräfte entwickeln und fördern. Story behind the Passage Today I simply felt like ‘growing’ — spiritually, holistically. I have not paid attention to this for a few months now. It might sound weird, but it is very true. Whenever I lose track of this…
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Oh Germany
Germany, Academic Career Structure • European University Institute (eui.eu) Story behind the Passage Last week I spoke to a dear colleague of mine who is from Pakistan. He works harder than many people I know. He produces more output than many people I know. He has an innovative and socially relevant research topic. But all…
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Positive Psychology And Resource Orientation
Lopez, Shane J., and C. R. Snyder, eds. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, XXIII. Story behind the Passage I cannot remember when exactly I got in touch with Positive Psychology. I think, it was in the U.S. Or it was when I read Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi when I was a teenager (I…
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Education And Money
Khurana, Rakesh (2007). From Higher Aims to Higher Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession, 87. Story behind the Passage Let us keep it very simple: Everything is about money in this world and this even strikes people who did believe in the pragmatic function…
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Banana Republic Germany
Banana republic | Definition of Banana republic at Dictionary.com Story behind the Passage Today has been a wonderfully warm, sunny, and pleasant — almost summer — day — in Germany. But you know what? Now I am really close to exploding. This is because I just had a conversation with an international graduate student who shared part of her story with…