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Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.
The advantages of growing up with the Internet: adolescents and participation

The advantages of growing up with the Internet: adolescents and participation

The development of digital technologies, and the consequent sociocultural change, has encouraged the adolescent population to participate in virtual environments. This permanent connection and supposed dependence on their smartphones and digital networks arouses suspicion, if not concern, on the part of those of us who did not grow up in a similar situation. But there is […] … learn more→

10 Myths about working for the Federal Government

10 Myths about working for the Federal Government

There are myths and assumptions about nearly every type of job. For example, dentists must always have great teeth, and all lawyers are hard-faced individuals. That doesn’t make those statements true, though. The same can be said for many of the myths surrounding federal government work. If you are interested in a government position, it’s […] … learn more→

Children’s mental health and the digital world: how to get the balance right

Children’s mental health and the digital world: how to get the balance right

Technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. This has led to dramatic shifts in daily life and changed the way children and adolescents live, socialise, move around and learn. Never before has this been so evident than at the onset of the COVID pandemic and the subsequent exponential rise in technology and […] … learn more→

6 ways fathers can share love and connection with their babies, preschoolers and young children

6 ways fathers can share love and connection with their babies, preschoolers and young children

The early years are the most dynamic time of life, producing more than a million neural connections each second. For parents or caregivers, this time offers a wonderful opportunity to impact children’s lives, allowing children to see and experience relationships and the world as balanced, secure and loving. Through a loving connection, children learn what it means […] … learn more→

Testimonial: Randomly drawn juries to better recruit teacher-researchers  ?

Testimonial: Randomly drawn juries to better recruit teacher-researchers ?

The recruitment of teacher-researchers has been qualified as a competition by the Council of State (CE, February 25, 2015, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Req n°374002). Consequently, the principle of equality of candidates in a competition, itself deriving from the constitutional principle of equal access to public employment, implies that candidates must be treated in the same way throughout […] … learn more→

Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav shares 9 factors to consider when looking for a business location

Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav shares 9 factors to consider when looking for a business location

Choosing the right business location is crucial for the success of your company. Therefore, it is essential to know how to pick the perfect place. In this article, entrepreneur Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav shares nine factors to consider when looking for a business location. Affordability It only makes sense that you begin your search for the […] … learn more→

Educator Paulette Chaffee believes a job-responsibility program in the classroom can help students with behavioral problems

Educator Paulette Chaffee believes a job-responsibility program in the classroom can help students with behavioral problems

Children’s social and emotional development can vary in a classroom setting. Some students will be more developed than others, resulting in teachers having to educate while managing group behavior. Paulette Chaffee, teacher and children’s advocate, has observed that a proactive approach to managing class conduct while assisting students with behavioral problems is to set up […] … learn more→

Ten simple rules to have fun playing with our children

Ten simple rules to have fun playing with our children

All professionals related to childhood recommend spending quality time with our sons and daughters. But what is quality time? Is little but quality time enough for a good development of the family? To give an answer based on evidence, there are some correlational  studies on educational guidelines and parent-child relationships. In them, these guidelines are classified as theoretical constructs: directive, permissive, formative, […] … learn more→

Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up

Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up

NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who have had a serious injury or a long-term chronic illness like asthma or epilepsy? Children who spend time in hospital for these reasons miss out on time in class and are at risk of performing below the national […] … learn more→

Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns

Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns

In Tennessee, a proposed law would let public school teachers refuse to call transgender students by the pronouns they use for themselves. At Shawnee State University – a public university in Ohio – a professor got paid US$400,000 to settle a lawsuit that he filed against the school after being disciplined for refusing to refer to a trans woman […] … learn more→