Working with literatures? One of the things you’re advised to do by people like me is to identify debates and discussions. That’s because you are very likely to want to contribute to a discussion. And to do this you will probably need to position yourself in relation to different lines of thinking. So you may […] … learn more→

The reform of health organizations is permanently on the agenda of the public authorities, but it is not only a budgetary subject or a subject for specialists. This reform requires attention to the training of doctors and other health professionals as it has consequences in terms of quality of care, doctor-patient relations, coverage of the needs […] … learn more→

If you could choose which language to speak before you were born, which language would you choose? The linguist Noam Chomsky affirmed that the reason for the use of language in human beings is due to the need to express thought, and that we all have an abstract mental device capable of generating any sentence in any […] … learn more→

Proposed changes to the New South Wales English syllabus reinforce the misguided idea that the teaching of language and literacy skills should fall chiefly to English teachers, leaving other teachers to focus more on their subject content. The plan follows a report by the NSW Education Authority (NESA) that found students’ writing standards had fallen sharply over recent […] … learn more→

Music in Early Childhood Education (from 0 to 6 years old) is omnipresent: children immerse themselves in it to learn tasks, the days of the week or their first words in English. From the catchy melodies that recite the days of the week to the traditional one that helps us with our first words in English: […] … learn more→

The world today is highly specialized and is divided into organizations. Now, organizations are more important than individuals. When it comes to organizations of people working towards common objectives, it is the administration that makes all the difference. An average grouping of people with effective administration will outperform any skilled but poorly administered grouping. The […] … learn more→

Speed read The world may be facing a devastating “hidden” collapse in insect species due to the twin threats of climate change and habitat loss. UCL’s Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research has carried out one of the largest-ever assessments of insect declines around the world – assessing three-quarters of a million samples from around 6,000 sites. […] … learn more→

Roughly 6% of the UK population provide informal unpaid care, and 60% of people in the UK will be carers at some point in their lives. This includes a number of people who are carers while studying at university. Informal carers are those who have a commitment to providing unpaid support to someone who could not manage without their […] … learn more→

It would be quite appropriate for a college professor to assume students know that a tree is alive and a rock is not. Or would it? For several summers, I have had the pleasure of teaching biology to Tibetan Buddhist monks exiled in India. This program, called the ETSI (Emory-Tibet Science Initiative), was sparked by discussions the Dalai […] … learn more→

Changes in family structures, immigration and the economic crisis, among other issues, make the generational bond difficult. For this reason, the urgent need to create shared spaces in which different generations relate to each other is emerging. Based on this premise, the school environment offers an ideal context to work on the intergenerational vision. In fact, the […] … learn more→