I had what seemed like rather a good idea a few weeks back. Building on some prominent findings in social psychology, I hypothesised that politicians on the right would wipe their bum with their left hand; and that politicians on the left would wipe with their right hand. Ludicrous? Yes – absolutely. But for once […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published
A new low: “Thinking differently” is RACIST
It seems like every week our “scholars” in higher ed make another startling discovery, that something innocuous is, in fact, RACIST. I’ve certainly covered many of these revelations, from milk, to fiscal responsibility, to showing up on time, but I’d like to put a capstone on the ultimate of this madness: Diversity of Thought Victor […] … learn more→
Types of financial requirement for your child’s education
Getting the education is very important these days if you want to achieve success in your life. Education is the lifetime learning that you get during your school days that can shape the future of your life as well as improve the quality of your Living. Most of the parents have some great future plans […] … learn more→
How the PROSPER Act could negatively impact LGBTQ students
The PROSPER Act, a bill to reauthorize and overhaul key elements of higher education law, could be brought for a vote in the House of Representatives any day now. Even so, the actual level of support for the PROSPER Act is still largely unknown. A number of groups, ranging from bipartisan officials, educational leaders, veterans groups, and even the Pentagon, already oppose […] … learn more→
Universities can help recruit more science and maths teachers, but they can’t do it alone
Calls for universities to recruit more science and maths students as a way of boosting numbers of specialist school teachers, or risk losing funding, fails to recognise the complexity of the task. While Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s recent announcement is well-intended, putting the responsibility on universities is unfair. It fails to consider that the way the teaching […] … learn more→
Millennials: the age of entitlement
I’m so lost! Your course is so confusing. Like, I really have no idea what to do and, like, I’m ready to simply cry and, like, drop this crazy course.” Susie, a major in education, blinked, but no tears came; she just kept glaring at me with her elaborately made-up brown eyes. She had texted […] … learn more→
Introducing dr deluded
Dr Deluded just can’t get published. It’s not that he doesn’t try. Dr Deluded writes a lot and submits to journals. In fact, he is so keen to get his work out into the world that he sends his manuscripts off as soon as he is finished with them. But he is consistently bothered and bewildered […] … learn more→
Difficulties and ways to innovate in pedagogy
Designing new ways of teaching is an imperative if we want to help students to understand the upheavals brought about by societal and technological changes, and to teach them how to adapt to a world that is changing very quickly. Moreover, from MOOCs, to inverted class attempts, educational innovations often spur much experimentation and investment […] … learn more→
Rethinking the undergraduate business model
Despite clear differences in research intensity, size and age, most of the 20,000 universities in the world share four common assumptions about how they deliver undergraduate education. Students generally attend campus; where fees are being paid, they are paid directly to the university; the default setting remains full-time study and all the credits for a […] … learn more→
Multilingual learners doing better in US schools than previously thought
Between 2003 to 2015, multilingual students showed two to three times more progress in reading and math than students who speak English only. With this progress, the achievement gaps between multilingual students and their peers have narrowed substantially. This new analysis we conducted of results from the National Assessment of Education Progress contradicts previous reports that academic progress has stalled for […] … learn more→
