In a second grade Primary Education classroom (7-8 years old), before confinement, students were struggling to write a story from reading articles in a digital newspaper and another on paper. The girls and boys, sitting in pairs, discussed what title to put and what content they wanted to capture in their own text while occasionally consulting […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
Are you teaching your children to write? Well start with a good read
View from The Hill – So you wanted to spend more time with the kids?
What to do about the schools is set to return centre stage when the national cabinet later this week discusses the next steps in managing the coronavirus – specifically, the first stages of the way to “the other side”. Scott Morrison, who has always wanted kids at school and insisted schools must stay open for […] … learn more→
Diversifying reading lists should not be skin deep
It may have taken a while, but universities are finally coming around to the idea that their reading lists are too white and too male. In almost every campus in the UK and US, “decolonise the curricula” pushes are being taken seriously, and nowhere more so than in libraries. The subject is one many librarians […] … learn more→
How to learn the piano from the comfort of your home
Not too long ago, if you wished to learn how to play the piano, you absolutely had to hire a tutor for piano lessons with no other way around it. However, with increases in speed and accessibility of the internet, things are much different now. You can find plenty of resources online and learning to […] … learn more→
Brain-boosting pills may not be all they’re cracked up to be
We’ve been taught from a young age that hard work is the key to getting ahead in life, but some people never stop seeking shortcuts or hacks that may give them an advantageous edge over the competition. Biohacking is a recent and growing movement that advocates the use of various invasive and non-invasive techniques to […] … learn more→
What is solidarity? During coronavirus and always, it’s more than ‘we’re all in this together
Medical researchers around the world are involved in an unprecedented collaboration to test experimental treatments for COVID-19. When Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, announced the initiative in mid-March, he called it the “solidarity trial.” Across the globe, local expressions of solidarity appear to be spreading as individuals take it upon themselves to […] … learn more→
Are cryptocurrencies the future of global financial systems: An analysis
Introduction In the light of the Coronavirus pandemic, everyone seems to be talking about the future of global financial systems. Analysts, economists, financial experts and investors are all worried about the short and long-term impact that global issues like the Coronavirus will have on global finance. This is not the first time that the world […] … learn more→
When I write, I write for myself
When I write, I write for myself. I put myself on the pages. I put myself in the edits. I write so that I can understand, explain and express. I don’t know if my words will be heard, I don’t know if my words will resonate. I don’t really think about that when I write. […] … learn more→
AI education must help students see inside the black box
The ripple effect of AlphaGo’s triumph in 2016 has been growing ever since. The comprehensive defeat of world Go champion Lee Sedol by Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence application signified that the promise of AI – first widely publicised by DeepBlue’s defeat of then world chess champion Garry Kasparov two decades earlier – was set to […] … learn more→
Are we all part time now?
Being a part-time doctoral researcher is hard. Part-timers are generally already in work, professionals, “mature”, doing the doctorate to upgrade quals and/or further an interest. There’s a lot of part-time in my field of education, and in other areas like law, nursing, social work, business. Part-timers often self-fund. Getting the doctorate done part-time generally takes […] … learn more→
