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Education is the great engine of personal development. It is througheducation that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor … that the childof farm workers can become the president of a great nation. – NelsonMandelaIt’s one of the most difficult questions facing education leaders at all levels today:How do you define, foster and scale innovation?It’s not an easy question to answer. Does innovation happen at the classroomlevel? Consider the case of Moliehi Sekese. She teaches Grade seven at a smallschool outside of Maseru, Lesotho. One teacher in one classroom in a smallcountry with very limited resources.
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Bernard, J. (2013). Accelerating Educational Transformation Through ICT. In: TAY, L.Y., LIM, C.P. (eds) Creating Holistic Technology-Enhanced Learning Experiences. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-086-6_13
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