Free Ebook QGE=A: Quality Generic Education is the Answer

Win Straube, the founder and managing trustee of The Straube Foundation, presents a new form of educational system, Quality Generic Education or 'Qge,' for the purpose of obtaining the best education at the lowest possible cost, universally acceptable and interchangeable. The use of interactive educational materials makes it possible to bring the highest quality educational presentation from the world's best minds to more people. Thus, the classroom can come to anyone at any place where he or she can be in front of a television or computer, possibly accompanied by an educational 'facilitator.' Likewise, anyone exposed to Qge presentations will be able to interact with the best educators in the world: asking questions, receiving additional and deeper background information, and taking tests regardless of a teacher being physically present. Different forms of Qge are discussed from the perspective of costs, the user, and what steps must be taken to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.

Is this book relevant to every United States citizen, regardless of their being a parent, teacher, or student? Absolutely....So what is Quality Generic Education? It is identical in quality to "brand name" education that is universally applicable, available to all, and not ideologically directed. In short, it means that an education garnered from a state university would be of equal value to one from Harvard....QGE=A is a greatly researched and fact backed book, offering a lengthy and valuable appendix. The style is straightforward and convincing....I encourage everyone with the slightest interest in our schools and colleges, students and teachers, and our nation's competitive future, to read this book.... (Heather Froeschl Bookreview.Com)

The message of quality generic education is not intriniscally a light topic, but with the author's town meeting approach one can easily ponder and grasp the enormity and complex issues he wishes to convey....pick up this book today and invest in your future. (Deb Fowler Roundtable Reviews)

Author Win Straube has quite the mind for new solutions as an inventor, scientist, and engineer, to connect everyone to the best educators for any given subject in the world. QGE=A: Quality Generic Education is the Answer is something that all educators should read and consider and carries our highest recommendations to community library education shelves. (. Midwest Book Review, May 2008)

This is a book that should not only be read but also acted on. Straube states what I have long believed. Long Distance Education will offer a good quality education without costing a fortune. It will make an education available to the masses. This book is well written and documented. Straube obviously has spent much time thinking through his ideas concerning education. I applaud his efforts. Well done, Mr. Straube! It is with great honor that I highly recommend this book to all parents, educators, students, and politicians. I hope many read this book and reform our education system. (Debra Gaynor Reader Views)

Win Straube has made his career in advancing international applications of cutting edge technology with leading high-tech ventures in Europe, North America, and Asia during the last half century. Active as inventor, scientist, and engineer, he is a widely recognized lecturer on international technology transfer, with particular emphasis on means and methods for the reduction of educational costs. He holds degrees in linguistics, economics, and law.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Town meeting approach to education
By Deb
Education, according to Win Straube, is the "largest industry in the world," yet has proven time and time again to be woefully inadequate. A projected one in three students in the graduating class of 2006 will fail to graduate with their class this year. Even with this alarming statistic we still are finding that many young people who do graduate are "virtually illiterate." The prospects for the future of our young people, and conversely for our country, are bleak indeed.

In the 21st century the face and pace of education are ever evolving. Many have dubbed the current educational era the "Knowledge-Age." A flurry of discussion and debate on the topic has emanated from those who prefer the home based school to those ensconced in the elite ivied halls of academia. There is one man, however, who appears to have been for some time on the cutting edge of these deliberations. This man, Win Straube, author, entrepreneur and educator in his own right, shares with us his philosophical and practical considerations on education in his new book, QGE=A Quality Generic Education is the Answer to the Question: How is the best education offered at the lowest possible cost. In his easy conversational style Straube tells us how it is, how it was and ponders his hopes and vision for the education of future generations . . . the dream of an equal, affordable, quality and globally accessible education for all.

In QGE the author, an educational "user" himself, explores and explains:

* Distance education and the "Electronic Learning Revolution"

* How every qualified individual can have his or her chance for a quality generic education at little or no cost

* How any student can receive an education at any time or in any place

* How accreditation and global standards can be achieved to insure a level playing field for all

* How you too can also join in the new educational evolution and revolution in your own personal quest for enlightenment in Knowledge-Age of today

I enjoyed this book without becoming enmeshed and bogged down by polysyllabic words I sometimes run up against in many educational tomes and easily understood the message the author wished to convey to his readership. The message of a quality generic education is not intrinsically a light topic, but with the author's town meeting approach one can easily ponder and grasp the enormity and complex issues he wishes to convey as easily as one can pick up the phone and dial up for pizza. Instead of picking up the phone, you might want to pick up this book today and invest in your future.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
straightforward and convincing of the need for change
By Heather Brush
I have been an advocate for my children's education and I will continue to be, despite being labeled by some teachers as "the problem parent" of the classroom. If that is what it takes to be involved, then so be it. Win Straube encourages parents and educators alike, as well as every citizen, to become more involved in our nation's children's education, in our own education, and subsequently, in our nation's future. In his book "QGE=A, Quality Generic Education is the Answer" readers will be inspired to find ways in which the best education can be offered at the lowest possible cost.

Is this book relevant to every United States citizen, regardless of their being a parent, teacher or student? Absolutely. We are all parts of the main cog system and we all have the power to make positive change. So what is Quality Generic Education? It is identical quality to "brand name" education that is universally applicable, available to all, and not ideologically directed. In short, it means that an education garnered from a state university would be of equal value to one from Harvard. I can hear the gasps of disbelief at such a notion, but I am all for such a concept to become a reality. How can it? Straube knows about education, and he explains it all very nicely.

The author discusses a motivation to learn that he hopes all citizens are capable of, the roles of parents and teachers, the purpose of public schools, and what we should all be doing to encourage learning. His explanation of generic education includes the examination of lessons taught without bias or religious influence on student's opinions and focuses on what we need to do in order to make our nation's education systems more efficient, and more readily accepted by other educational systems. Looking at our higher education possibilities, and what is now available through long-distance learning, and the internet and the costs of those things, Straube is explaining the future of our children's and grandchildren's education. He speaks of what distracts us as students, what is lacking in our learning, and even explains how a college education is not enough to ensure success. What is the cost for education? Is it simply funds? Is it the promise of student loans, or is it also the price of our personal beliefs when the school we attend is telling us what to believe? There is much to examine, and Win Straube certainly opens the eyes of his readers.

"QGE=A" is a greatly researched and fact backed book, offering a lengthy and valuable appendix. The style is straightforward and convincing of the need for change, yet Straube's voice is not demanding in an overpowering way. He knows what needs to be done and offers his guidance, wisdom, and plans to every reader. I encourage everyone with the slightest interest in our schools and colleges, students and teachers, and our nation's competitive future, to read this book and take a step toward creating a better learning environment for all.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
I applaud his efforts
By Reader Views
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)

Win Straube addresses the issue of delivering a quality generic education. Quality education is one of the most important issues facing United States and the whole world. Learning should not stop when we reach a certain degree, age or point in our lives. Learning should be a lifetime goal. "Life can be, and ought to be, an ongoing learning process with more and more enriched knowledge as we progress." Unfortunately, some people believe there is no need to continue learning.

"Win clearly sees that certain established educational systems, while quite effective within certain domains, are deficient and inappropriate responses to the larger educational crisis we are facing. Win sees that technology has advanced to the point where it might become the great equalizer by providing the opportunity to access quality education from anywhere, at any time, for any purposes."

A good education is expensive, for many it is beyond what they can afford. But everyone should have an opportunity to go to school. This can be possible through electronic learning.

Win believes that "If the pupil didn't' learn, the teacher didn't teach." The pupil has to also be capable of receiving learnable information. A student is not receptive "if he is spaced out on drugs and lives in an imaginary world." "Schools and colleges often seem to be rather crude and rude information-dispensers. Education facilities are fixtures designed to dispense as much knowledge as possible in the least possible amount of time to the largest possible audience." You can send your kids to school but you can't make them learn. People have different learning styles. If the information isn't presented in a way the student's brain can process it, the student won't learn. Before a lesson is taught the student must be enticed to want to learn. The lesson must be introduced in such a way that the student wants to learn what is about to be presented.

Much of learning must start early and start at home. Children need projects and responsibilities. "Reflecting back, I realize these "jobs" taught me things, including taking initiative and being thrifty." An additional benefit of tackling tasks, regardless of how mundane, is that it produces personal satisfaction and builds pride in accomplishment. It is not the role of a school to raise children. It is the parents but, according to Straube, too many parents are shunning their responsibility.

Win advocates Distance Learning. A lecture takes place on a campus. A student in a classroom somewhere else "can easily listen to a lecture and a TV monitor allows the lecturer to display diagrams or charts."

"There are three branches of education needed to be dealt with under the ultimate purpose:

Learning how to learn
Learning the facts
Learning to think or how to arrive at conclusions and if appropriate, act on them."

This is a book that should not only be read but also acted on. Straube states what I have long believed. Long Distance Education will offer a good quality education without costing a fortune. It will make an education available to the masses. This book is well written and documented. Straube obviously has spent much time thinking through his ideas concerning education. I applaud his efforts. Well-done Mr. Straube! It is with great honor that I highly recommend this book to all parents, educators, students and politicians. I hope many read this book and reform our education system.

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