The new live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid has garnered surprising negative reactions. The trailer for the film, which will be released in 2023, received millions of “dislikes” on YouTube due, apparently, to the mermaid being played by Halle Bailey, a black actress. The Walt Disney cartoon , released in 1989, on which the new film is based, featured a red-haired mermaid named Ariel, […] … learn more→

The Department for Education has managed to recruit less than 60% of the new secondary school teachers expected this year in England, recent figures show. This is unsurprising for those of us working in education. Since 2015, the Department for Education has only been able to meet its secondary teacher recruitment target once, in 2020. These figures are […] … learn more→

All year, we have heard reports of a “crisis” in Australian schools, thanks to a shortage of teachers around the country. Federal education department modelling shows there will be a high school teacher shortfall of about 4,000 by 2025. In August, Education Minister Jason Clare and his state and territory colleagues met and agreed this was a huge problem. […] … learn more→

Learning a language is not just about learning a linguistic code. Learning a language is also undergoing a process of acculturation (according to the RAE dictionary, “Action and effect of acculturation or acculturation: incorporating cultural elements from another group into an individual or a human group”) that can occur at any stage. of the life. Many studies have been carried […] … learn more→

When we are young, we learn our first language without much effort and quite quickly: towards the end of early childhood, children have a linguistic competence similar to that of an adult. That is, at 6 years old children can participate in a conversation, ask questions, answer them, etc. One of the things that is learned […] … learn more→

Since 2020, the world has changed and some say it has become uncertain . The rules of the game have in any case changed, and these are no longer clear. How can human beings and society play with these new rules – or this absence of rules? And how can the specific functioning of games shed light on this new […] … learn more→

More than 15 years ago, numerous experts began to suggest that some behaviors, such as gambling or the use of video games, seemed to be addictive . Some people who carried out these behaviors excessively presented symptoms similar to those experienced by people with addiction to substances (alcohol, cannabis, etc.), for which reason the existence of so-called “behavioral […] … learn more→

During the holidays, it’s typical for people to indulge in special foods. Being a pet owner myself, I know that many pet parents want to give their fur babies special treats as well. As a veterinarian and clinical veterinary researcher, however, I also know that some very common foods – including many popular holiday staples – are […] … learn more→

When a video emerged of a 20-year-old Black student being arrested at Winston-Salem State University on Dec. 14, 2022, after she got into a verbal argument with her professor, it brought renewed attention to the often controversial role of campus police. Here, Jarell Skinner-Roy, a University of Michigan doctoral student who is examining how students of color […] … learn more→

The massive consumption of pornography – full of violent sexual practices against women – by millions of children, adolescents and adults is not innocuous in the construction of their sexual desire, and, consequently, in the sexual relations they have with other people. . According to data published annually by one of the most visited pornography […] … learn more→