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How to find the ideal private tutor near you!

How to find the ideal private tutor near you!

Are you a student, a parent, or a guardian seeking the utmost professional tutoring services near you? Do you need extra assistance to realize your full potential with your studies? Getting a private tutor might be worth considering. However, you ought to tread relatively lightly should you want the best for you. Here’s how to […] … learn more→

Education needs scientific evidence, now more than ever

Education needs scientific evidence, now more than ever

The professional comparison between medicine and teaching is frequent, since both are professions that share some traits in common. The most prominent of them all is that they are neither theoretical disciplines nor applied science. They are practical, clinical in medicine and educational in teaching, which aim to respond to a human need that always arises individually and in […] … learn more→

The 10 keys to surviving in school 'online'

The 10 keys to surviving in school ‘online’

The pandemic that hits us has interrupted the normal functioning of schools and has caused more than 900 million students to have been affected by the closure of classrooms from March until now, when the return to classes is gradual but irregular. A long period of time in which the centers, suddenly closed, and their […] … learn more→

In 20 years of award-winning picture books, non-white people made up just 12% of main characters

In 20 years of award-winning picture books, non-white people made up just 12% of main characters

A highlight for Australian children’s literature is the announcements of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year award winners. This year’s winners will be announced on Friday October 16 — right before the start of CBCA’s Book Week on October 19. Making the shortlist brings great exposure for the books and their creators. […] … learn more→

Getting kids – and their caregivers – to practice STEM at home

Getting kids – and their caregivers – to practice STEM at home

Many educators, caregivers and students have been struggling with remote learning during the pandemic, especially the lack of hands-on learning experiences. We developed and are trying out a hybrid approach – with on-screen and off-screen time – that helps children learn engineering design practices at home. Engineering design practices are the steps engineers take to design a solution to a problem. […] … learn more→

In a world of digital bystanders the challenge is for all of us to design engaging online education

In a world of digital bystanders the challenge is for all of us to design engaging online education

We are increasingly becoming digital bystanders, continually monitoring our different palm-and-TV-sized screens. From dawn to dusk and even in moments of insomnia we turn to digitally communicated news and social media. In the world of education, from primary school to university and beyond, we have realised digital learning is not only an option for learning, […] … learn more→

Inclusive writing: a first assessment of the controversy

Inclusive writing: a first assessment of the controversy

On September 18, 2020, a column published in Marianne signed by 32 linguists took a clear position against inclusive writing or, more exactly, against the use of abbreviated spellings (for example: students). This forum was presented as an objective clarification denouncing a practice which, according to its signatories, “is free from scientific facts”. The reactions were not long […] … learn more→

How to learn in the new digital Alexandria

How to learn in the new digital Alexandria

What was the last thing you learned online? In recent years, navigators of the digital world come across online courses from the best universities in the world. We discover inspiring talks in which the greatest global leaders share questions, dilemmas and discoveries. We find documentaries in which entertainment and education are combined in an amalgam of edutainment (a combination […] … learn more→

What if we did class differently?

What if we did class differently?

The transformations due to the digital revolution and the Covid-19a epidemic invite us to rethink the places and forms of education. From now on, it is no longer a question of animating the eternal debate around the integration, or not, of digital tools in teaching practices. Thanks to the multiplication of mobile interfaces (computer, smartphone, tablet) equipped […] … learn more→