Collaboration

   

One of the best things about working collaboratively with people who bring different skill sets and backgrounds to the table is learning from their experience. Collaborating with team members or even different teams should be thought of as a learning experience, and you should try to make the most of it.

   This means asking for feedback and opinions, sharing knowledge, finding out how your collaborators approach their side of the project, and gaining a better sense of how they work. Learning from colleagues is not just a benefit of collaboration, it’s the first step towards building a workplace culture centered around learning and development.

(Moseley, 2019)

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 “None of us is as smart as all of us.”

- Ken Blanchard

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 “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

- Helen Keller

الأطفال

 

الأطفال نعمة ورحمة من الله

النظر إليهم ومراقبتهم تُذهب أحزاننا

غمرهم ومُداعبتهم تُنعش قلوبنا

كم هم ضعفاء وكم لديهم القدرة على تعديل مزاجنا

كم هم أنقياء في وسط هذا العالم الذي يعجّ بالفساد

يا رب لا تحرمنا من وجودهم حولنا!

 

فاطمة سليمان

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 “Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.”

- Henry Ward Beecher, reverend and social activist

Quote 18

 “Only where children gather, is there any real chance of fun.”

- Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author

Golden Mean

Aristotle believed that the person who follows a true purpose leads a life of moderation, avoiding extremes. There are two Aristotelian extremes: the extreme of too little and the extreme of too much.

Such as, in terms of eating; if one eats too much, one will suffer from obesity, lack of energy, poor health in general, or death. The moderate man or woman -the thinking person- avoids such excesses. For Aristotle, the proper perspective is the Golden Mean, a path between extremes.

Aristotle believed that a good education helps achieve the Golden Mean and thereby promotes the harmony and balance of both mind and body. For example, a good teacher is friendly with his/her students but at the same time has clear rules and limits.

For Aristotle, humans are rational creatures fulfilling their purpose when they think, and thinking is their highest characteristic. This is equal to what Islamic teachings has come with, in which Allah says in his book "We have honored the children of Adam" [Al Isra':70]. Allah have honored humans by giving them minds through which they can think and understand.

Ozmon, H. A. (2019). Philosophical Foundations of Education.