I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
Interpretation
Bringing real-world experiences into the classroom enhances children's understanding of the world.
Queen Rania of Jordan emphasizes the importance of integrating real-life experiences and the broader world into education. By doing so, children can develop a deeper understanding of their environment and learn beyond traditional academic boundaries. This approach encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and engagement with the world around them, making learning more relevant and impactful.
In practice
A teacher might use this quote to inspire colleagues during a professional development seminar.
Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.
If you educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.β An entire community - now that is really interesting! Then I found the quote changed a little more on the Kingdom of Jordan website by her Royal Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Queen Rania relates the quote in these words: βAs you educate a woman, you educate the family. If you educate the girls, you educate the future.
I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.
I don't think people by nature are extremists. You will never find a population of extremists. Extremists have existed throughout the centuries on all religions. And what happens is, extremists start to have more leverage when the situation is bad.
Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.
Children love this idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it.
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.
We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life.
My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
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