Monthly Archives: September 2022

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Universities need to revisit their founding stories

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Universities need to revisit their founding stories

Universities pride themselves on their founding stories. These stories, however, tend to privilege dominant institutional narratives and reproduce settler memories — and erase institutional participation in the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their lands. In our preliminary research on Indigenous presence at Western University with Sally Kewayosh, a filmmaker and instructor with the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, we find […] … learn more→

Where are the women 'edutubers'?

Where are the women ‘edutubers’?

The appearance of digital platforms and social networks in recent decades has made it possible to use these spaces to promote the teaching and dissemination of numerous fields of knowledge. Undoubtedly, one of the most used platforms for this is YouTube, which is among the most visited websites worldwide. Students have found in this platform a […] … learn more→

Continuing education, a guarantee of successful professional retraining?

Continuing education, a guarantee of successful professional retraining?

To return or not to the benches of a school or a university? To invest time and money in training or not? These are dilemmas that often arise for professionals concerned with progressing in their careers. Seizing the opportunities that arise in a changing world requires developing agility, being up to date on new managerial methods, being […] … learn more→

‘There’s only so far I can take them’ – why teachers give up on struggling students who don’t do their homework

‘There’s only so far I can take them’ – why teachers give up on struggling students who don’t do their homework

Whenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom. “I help her a lot with homework,” Gina’s mother, a married, mid-level manager for a health care company, explained to us during an […] … learn more→

After the Shanghai ranking, think of other models of scientific excellence

After the Shanghai ranking, think of other models of scientific excellence

If it is not lacking in irony, the invitation launched in April 2022 by the Chinese president to the universities of his country to leave, almost 20 years after its invention, the Shanghai ranking may constitute a pivotal moment to promote d Other Models for Ranking Higher Education Institutions. The European Union seems particularly well equipped to […] … learn more→

The case of forced hijab: how the political climate affects school uniform policy

The case of forced hijab: how the political climate affects school uniform policy

The public was excited again after the news about a public school teacher who allegedly forced Muslim students in Yogyakarta to wear the hijab without their will – even to the point of making the student depressed . Last week, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X as the Governor of DIY disabled the principal and three teachers involved in the incident. Human Rights […] … learn more→

Repeating a course is not good for almost anyone

Repeating a course is not good for almost anyone

Grade repetition is regulated by law in most countries, with slight legislative variations between them. In essence, the aim is for low-achieving students to stay one more year in the course they have not passed. The measure seems reasonable and aseptic: if the student does not reach the required level, she will have to repeat it. Pure logic. […] … learn more→

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

President Joe Biden’s declaration that “the pandemic is over” raised eyebrows and the hackles of some experts who think such messaging could be premature and counterproductive. But to many Americans who have long since returned to pre-COVID 19 activities and are now being forced back into the office, the remark may ring true. The problem is that what […] … learn more→

Teaching students to scrutinize online fact from fiction

Teaching students to scrutinize online fact from fiction

Anew Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind of underground conspiracy to indoctrinate kids, it’s exactly the opposite. There’s no agenda here other than to arm young people with better tools to distinguish fact from fiction and […] … learn more→