Effective learning is a two-way process between the teacher and students, meaning both need to engage. If a student simply sits and listens to new information without engaging or applying it, it’s called passive learning. Active learning is where students engage with new learning making connections to concepts they have learned previously. According to one of the world’s leading university […] … learn more→

Teachers say most students have lost the ability to focus, are less empathetic and spend less time on physical activity. These are some of the results from our Growing Up Digital Australia study, in which we surveyed almost 2,000 teachers and school leaders across Australia. We asked them how students from primary school to year 12 have […] … learn more→

According to UNESCO data , as of April 14, 2020, the coronavirus crisis has affected 1,507 million students in 192 countries who are enrolled in preschool, primary, secondary, high school, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. This impact represents more than 91.4% of the world student population. Especially serious is the greatest impact on girls , due to the consequences they may suffer. Students […] … learn more→

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→

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→

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→

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→

Will schools make up lost time this summer? This should be decided by each school district in conjunction with state education agencies. A blanket approach is not the best option, nor an assumption that every school district, even within a state, is addressing the needs of all students in the same manner through online learning. […] … learn more→

Before “fake news”, we used to think that demonstrating the falsity of a claim consigned it to irrelevance for all but a delusional fringe. But perhaps it is time to accept that myths persist and mutate as malignantly as viruses. Academic research can have its own myths. Education research certainly does. Perhaps the most pervasive […] … learn more→

During recessions or times of high unemployment, there tends to be an increase in the number of people who enroll in college. Due to the economic fallout from COVID-19, it is expected many people are likely to return to college once again. Indeed, a survey from March found that one-third of American workers felt that if they lost their […] … learn more→