Monthly Archives: October 2022

Miguel, decent work and the importance of guidance

Miguel, decent work and the importance of guidance

Miguel lives in Argentina, he is 22 years old. School has always cost him and he hasn’t finished high school yet. He dreamed of being a footballer, he tried but it couldn’t be. He works fewer days than he would like and the money he earns is not enough. He lives for the day, he doesn’t know if tomorrow […] … learn more→

“Quiet quitting”: Beyond buzz , what “quiet quitting” reveals

“Quiet quitting”: Beyond buzz , what “quiet quitting” reveals

Last September, the Gallup polling institute suggested that 50% of full-time or part-time employees over the age of 18 in the United States would be “quiet quits”, which would designate people who ” don’t outdo themselves at work and just live up to their job description. Immediately, the term “quiet quitting” imposed itself in the public debate […] … learn more→

University fees are poised to change – a new system needs to consider how much courses cost and what graduates can earn

University fees are poised to change – a new system needs to consider how much courses cost and what graduates can earn

One key change to universities under the Morrison government was the Job-ready Graduates program. Starting in 2021, this significantly increased student fees for humanities degrees, slashed them for nursing and teaching, and moved many other courses up and down. University enrolment figures suggest it has not achieved its goal: to steer students into certain fields of study and away from […] … learn more→

“The other side of words”: Bifurcating

“The other side of words”: Bifurcating

The term “bifurcate” has been widely used in recent months in the French media space, especially during graduation ceremonies from several major engineering and business schools. Pointing to the “ravages” on society and the planet in which technologies would participate, young graduates have said loud and clear their refusal to participate in a capitalist economic model deemed responsible for […] … learn more→

‘I feel guilty about not being good enough’: why all Australian schools need teaching material banks

‘I feel guilty about not being good enough’: why all Australian schools need teaching material banks

School education in Australia needs a circuit-breaker. Student performance continues to stagnate and teachers report excessive workloads and alarming rates of stress. Our new report from the Grattan Institute, Ending the Lesson Lottery: How to Improve Curriculum Planning, looks at how teachers could be much better supported. Rather than tinkering at the edges of the education system, we should be looking […] … learn more→

Socio-emotional education at school and the challenge of improving children's mental health

Socio-emotional education at school and the challenge of improving children’s mental health

13% of children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 have a diagnosed mental disorder, according to the UNICEF report on the state of the world’s children . This report also points out that suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years. In Spain, anxiety, depression , suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating […] … learn more→

Does tutoring work? An education economist examines the evidence on whether it’s effective

Does tutoring work? An education economist examines the evidence on whether it’s effective

With reading and math scores plummeting during the pandemic, educators and parents are now turning their attention to how kids can catch up. In the following Q&A, Susanna Loeb, an education economist at Brown University, shines a light on the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track. 1. How much money is […] … learn more→

What is DLD - the most common disorder you have ‘never heard of’?

What is DLD – the most common disorder you have ‘never heard of’?

Developmental language disorder or DLD is a lifelong disorder that affects language comprehension and expression. People with DLD find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others. About two students in every classroom of 30 will have DLD, so it is about as common as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and much more common than autism. […] … learn more→

5 helpful tips on how to avoid plagiarism in  pducation

5 helpful tips on how to avoid plagiarism in pducation

Plagiarism is a serial killer that killed the career of thousands of students in almost every corner of the world. Avoid plagiarism throughout your academic career and good news is that avoiding plagiarism is not a tricky thing to handle. You can do it quite easily if you follow some expert advice or techniques. Why […] … learn more→

Why Canada should invest more in teaching kids how to play chess

Why Canada should invest more in teaching kids how to play chess

Chess has recently been in the news far more than usual. First, there was the runaway success of the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. That made chessboards the new toilet paper as retailers and manufacturers struggled to meet the demand. Now there’s a high-profile cheating scandal rocking the chess world. But amid those headlines, the best recent chess news […] … learn more→