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Architecture

Best in class

While some countries struggle with school design policy, innovative architects are demonstrating that a healthy learning environment with plenty of light and natural materials means happier children and long-term economic benefits.

  • Issue #46
  • 1 min read
Finnish-made, wooden gym equipment at Kirkkojärvi school in Espoo
Media

By the book

School textbooks have come a long way. Innovations such as digital editions, 3D simulations and role-playing adventure books are making learning easier – and more fun.

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  • 6 min read
By the book
Business

Yes we cram

As South Korea’s economy grows, so does its education system. The fight for an early leg-up begins in the ‘hagwon’, an expensive crammer school where hours are long and competition fierce.

  • Issue #46
  • 10 min read
Celebrity ‘hagwon’ teacher Jeong Ji-woong is his trademark lime-green T-shirt, glasses and trainers
Affairs

Africa/Middle

A pan-Middle Eastern science venture, a Lebanese brain drain and an oil boost from Namibia.

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  • 5 min read
Boom time
Business

Asia

France steps in to save Japan's oyster industry and China wonders if its one-chile policy is still a good idea.

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  • 5 min read
Helping hand- oysters
Affairs

Class of 2011

Meet renowned chef Gastón Acurio, who opened a cooking school to ensure Peru's economic boom benefits the neediest. He’s also number one in our education Top 20.

  • Issue #46
  • 11 min read
Final year students at Pachacutec Institute
Culture

Export duty

Germany used to be wary about showing off its assets. Not anymore. Monocle explores how the Goethe-Institut cultural centres are disseminating all things German, free from government controls.

  • Issue #53
  • 10 min read
Export duty
Craft

Expo 50: Secure influence

In a former jail, now home to the American College of Building Arts, students are learning traditional restoration techniques and preserving their city of Charleston, South Carolina, in the process.

  • Issue #50
  • 13 min read
Simeon Warren, dean of the college, carving stone at an outdoor workshop under a wooden structure.

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