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‘Exhausted beyond measure’: what teachers are saying about COVID-19 and the disruption to education

‘Exhausted beyond measure’: what teachers are saying about COVID-19 and the disruption to education

All Victorian school students will be learning remotely from Wednesday. Prior to the state’s premier Daniel Andrews announcing a tightening of restrictions over the weekend, only students in prep to Year 10 in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire were learning from home. But on Wednesday, schools will close for Year 11 and 12 students in Melbourne and […] … learn more→

Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

Classrooms, gyms and cafeterias at schools across the U.S. have remained empty for months now. And despite some districts beginning to reopen, many others will remain closed amid fears that prematurely restarting in-person classes could cost more lives in the pandemic. Local, state and federal officials wrangle over how to make schools safe, with concern over how to sufficiently […] … learn more→

What did the first children's books look like  ?

What did the first children’s books look like ?

Adults have been writing for children for centuries. Among the different forms that these publications have taken, there are few that can seem entertaining to us today. Indeed, the works intended for the youngest aimed above all at their moral and spiritual progress. Children in the Middle Ages learned to read on wooden tablets covered with parchment […] … learn more→

How to create an effective training program

How to create an effective training program

Many workers can testify to the importance of workforce training programs. When carried out effectively, they increase your efficiency as a worker. This in turn leads to improvement in productivity, revenue generation, and profit margins. At the same time, cost and wastage can also be reduced. Even though the benefits of effective training programs are […] … learn more→

Racist stereotyping of Asians as good at math masks inequities and harms students

Racist stereotyping of Asians as good at math masks inequities and harms students

Some people stereotype Asian students as the “model minority” in math achievement: they generalize attributes of a so-called “minority” (racialized) community in a way that just perpetuates racism disguised as a compliment. It is clear, however, that not all students identified as Asian are good at math. The word “Asian” is a category used to represent human […] … learn more→

This, they, it, those, these – a revision strategy

This, they, it, those, these – a revision strategy

One of my pet peeves is reading sentences which contain an ambiguous pronoun.  The pronoun stands alone, isolated. The lonely goatherd on the hilltop. Sentences that start with, or contain, an unattached this, they, it, those, these seem to expect the reader to just know what the this, they, it, those, and these refer to. In reality, the singleton pronoun is […] … learn more→

“Discussion” – it’s about moving forward

Discussion. It’s a word that immediately comes to mind when we think about communicating research. First we report the results, and then we discuss them. Discussion might be a separate thesis chapter just before the conclusion, or the end of a series of chapters each featuring a different key result, or the discussion might morph […] … learn more→

Learn to learn how geniuses do it

Learn to learn how geniuses do it

One of the emerging phenomena in this century is the progressive consolidation of international consensus on educational policies. This is the case, for example, of the redesign of the curriculum and its focus on competencies , understanding as such knowledge, skills, and attitudes and values. This orientation is the result, on the one hand, of the digital revolution […] … learn more→