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Celebrating education and learning, a universal struggle

Celebrating education and learning, a universal struggle

In the United Nations Agenda 2030, access for all to quality education is the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). One SDG among seventeen but which governs them all, as the level of education of a population, and in particular of girls, is overdetermining for the development trajectories of a country. A goal that will be celebrated […] … learn more→

To learn at home, kids need more than just teaching materials. Their brain must also adapt to the context

To learn at home, kids need more than just teaching materials. Their brain must also adapt to the context

Research during the first phase of remote teaching in Victoria reported some students found the workload “too high”, missed interactions with peers, felt their thinking ability was impaired, and reported a difficulty coping with study and life more generally. All these factors impact on students’ sense of well-being. While learning remotely, some children experienced heightened anxiety, stress and other […] … learn more→

Educating in rights: the great lack of the school

Educating in rights: the great lack of the school

Part of the public opinion, by its own conviction and, often encouraged by various pressure groups and communication, tends to criticize education in Spain based many times on generalities and rarely on objective studies, such as those prepared by the OECD that are known periodically . It does not occur in a generalized way, but sometimes we tend […] … learn more→

Help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along

Help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along

You’re writing? And feeling a bit pulled in two directions at once? Perhaps that’s not surprising. Writers have two inter-related personae –the Creator and the Editor. Well, that’s according to Joni B Cole, and indeed a lot of other people who offer writing advice. Don’t scoff just yet. Thinking about this inner duo can be very helpful […] … learn more→

Universities: towards a decline of the American empire?

Universities: towards a decline of the American empire?

Described in turn as a tragedy, a counterrevolution, and the collapse of democracy, the recent occupation of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump in reaction to the results of the presidential elections has been seen as the revealing of an older malaise and deep. World public opinion seems to be discovering the definitive break between the enlightened, […] … learn more→

Digital storytelling jobs could revolutionize learning in college

Digital storytelling jobs could revolutionize learning in college

Using video projects – in this case, a collaborative digital storytelling project – is an effective way to engage college students in a social studies class. The combination of collaborative learning with technological advances offers better opportunities for the development of active knowledge of students. It is crucial that they have 21st century skills such as the ability […] … learn more→

Learning with digital objects?

Learning with digital objects?

Since his book Petite Poucette published in 2012, the recently deceased philosopher Michel Serres has never ceased to retrace the movement which, from the appearance of the book until today, would offer the possibility of outsourcing one of our essential faculties: memory. We would thus have, he said, the possibility of thinking, learning, transmitting, by holding our […] … learn more→

Through her divisive rhetoric, Education Secretary DeVos leaves a troubled legacy of her own

Through her divisive rhetoric, Education Secretary DeVos leaves a troubled legacy of her own

Mark Hlavacik, associate professor of communication studies, University of North Texas: In her resignation letter, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos explained that her sudden departure from the administration was motivated by President Donald Trump’s incendiary words to the crowd that went on to ransack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on […] … learn more→