Category: Lifelong Learning

  • Creativity and Kindergarten – Lessons for Lifelong Learning

    Kindergarten used to be about play and stories and friends and sharing. More recently, it is about doing worksheets and preparing to take tests – i.e. it is becoming more like school. Maybe this is bad. Why can’t school be more like Kindergarten instead? Of course the next question I would like to pose, is…

  • Jackson-Via Elementary School Receives Panasonic National School Change Award

    A Charlottesville elementary school is now nationally known for its improvement in education. Thursday students and faculty at Jackson-Via Elementary School accepted the Panasonic National School Change Award. It recognizes schools across the country that have shown drastic improvement. 3rd grade teacher Nikki Franklin said, “One of the things that has changed the most is…

  • The OLLI at U.Va. Fall 2009 Catalog is here!

    We are thrilled to be offering 54 courses, 30 of which are new!  We know you will find many courses that interest you and we suggest that you register early, since several courses typically fill during the first week of registration. Our Catalog and Editorial Committees constantly strive to improve our catalog.  For example, in…

  • Volunteer Opportunities at OLLI at U.Va.

    From the OLLI at U.Va. Email Newsletter, May 26, 2009: OLLI at U.Va. is indeed fortunate to have many of its original leaders still volunteering for OLLI.  They have worked long and hard the past eight years establishing a lifelong-learning institute in Charlottesville.  Their efforts have met with much success and present day OLLI members are benefiting greatly from their dedication.  Although these individuals intend to continue working for…

  • Why civic engagement is good for your brain

    Last week I volunteered to help serve lunch at my daughter’s school. Over the years, I have often found myself scooping out the pasta, pouring glasses of water, all while saying hi to her friends and getting hugs (lots of hugs, that is of course the best part of being there!). Yet this past visit…

  • You can give the gift of lifelong learning to our children

    Lifelong learning, also known as LLL, is the “lifelong, lifewide, voluntary, and self-motivated”[1] pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. As such, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, but also competitiveness and employability.[2] via Lifelong learning – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The best way to learn something is…