Monthly Archives: August 2023

What does UNESCO say about the use of technologies in schools?

What does UNESCO say about the use of technologies in schools?

UNESCO has recently published the report Technology in education: a tool on whose terms? . This contains guidelines to be taken into account when planning the use of technology in schools, by both governments and educational centers and teachers themselves. To delve into the subject, it is convenient to approach three different processes . On the one hand, digitization, alluding […] … learn more→

Decoding the Mystery of Speech: How Our Brain Turns Sound into Meaning

Decoding the Mystery of Speech: How Our Brain Turns Sound into Meaning

When we read the sentence “He left for work”, we clearly distinguish the different words that constitute it, because they are separated by a space. But if, instead of reading, we hear the same sentence pronounced by someone, the different parts that we call “discrete linguistic units”, such as words or syllables, are not so directly […] … learn more→

The best online and free resources for official language exams

The best online and free resources for official language exams

There are many reasons why we may find ourselves needing to demonstrate our knowledge of a foreign language: from aspiring for a job to being able to access certain titles, courses or scholarships. The most common and guaranteed way to do so is to obtain qualifications from the Official Language Schools (EOI), recognized at the national […] … learn more→

Business schools must step up on sustainable investing education

Business schools must step up on sustainable investing education

Sustainable investing takes into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors alongside traditional financial components. While this form of investing has existed for a long time, ESG has become a hot-button issue due to recent politicization and widespread public misconceptions around what it really entails. ESG investing examines quantitative and qualitative non-financial data on companies. This includes […] … learn more→

Parents: How to talk about money problems to your children

Parents: How to talk about money problems to your children

As a teenager, I experienced the recession of the 1990s in Australia, and I clearly remember this friend who asked his father for some money to go to the cinema. Both frustrated and resigned, his father had explained to him that he had just been laid off and that he was not sure that another job was on […] … learn more→

How should a science teacher be in times of ChatGPT?

How should a science teacher be in times of ChatGPT?

There are some recurring issues in the didactics of science that move between the disciplinary, school and everyday world. Why do we teach science? What science should we teach? What implications should it have in society? What values ​​should you promote? To these timeless questions, the one posed by the emergence of artificial intelligence has recently been added. How to […] … learn more→

GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people

GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of spending a significant part of their childhood in a pandemic. But […] … learn more→