Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a man who believed in education being the most powerful tool anyone can have.  He believed in life long learning and thought very highly of teacher. I think if he were in our school and society class he was agree that it isn't about testing it is about becoming a life long learner. I think that we should look at he way he looked at teaching. One of his great legacies is the Africa Edcuation Initiative. The initiative helps train teachers and make them very aware of what is going on in Africa but also they train the teachers on how to let children learn and become life long learners. Some of the things I found interesting are all the teachers have a data base they can get information of off that helps with this new reading program for primary school. So they are incorporating some technology into schools in Africa. Although they don't talk in detail about what the reading program is, it says that now 85% of kids can read the materials.

Nelson Mandela was a very powerful man and if he believes in education being the most weapon i think we should pay attention to that and take notes on learning to be a lifelong learner and not to do good on a test.

http://literacyhub.org/documents/PNADG236.pdf