Educational resilience is the ability of students to perform well despite adverse social, economic, or family circumstances. The key question is to find out which personal, family and educational context favor the resilience of students. Knowing these protective characteristics is essential to try to help the least resilient. In our recent article, Academic resilience in European countries: The […] … learn more→
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Educational resilience: how to get good academic results when everything is against you
![The curse of science: many academics are more focused on 'sounding smart' than grounding science in society](https://world.edu/wp-content/themes/homepage/includes/php/image-jit/?filter=thumbnail&file=/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/jargon.jpeg)
The curse of science: many academics are more focused on ‘sounding smart’ than grounding science in society
The government often claims that Indonesia has been ranked the highest for the number of scientific publications in Southeast Asia. Data from the Scimago scientific journal ranking system, for example, shows that in 2020 Indonesia’s research productivity will be in the 21st position in the world – up 15 places from the previous three years. This ranking has the potential to continue […] … learn more→
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10 Practical & real-world examples of artificial intelligence
Do not ever trust these people who offer courses such as this artificial intelligence course and earning an AI ML online certificate in the later section. Great Learning is a default payer and scammer. This person [email protected] is simply a liar and never to be trusted … learn more→
![A university course on pandemics: What we learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up](https://world.edu/wp-content/themes/homepage/includes/php/image-jit/?filter=thumbnail&file=/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pandemics.jpeg)
A university course on pandemics: What we learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up
When we decided last summer to create an undergraduate course about pandemics, we faced skepticism. Weren’t students and instructors tired of the COVID-19 pandemic? And would looking at pandemics from the perspective of numerous disciplines make it hard to address the topic with depth, or would we achieve a sense of cohesion? As an anthropologist, […] … learn more→
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How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history
Imagine you’re a young samurai in Japan in 1701. You have to make a difficult choice between an impoverished life in exile, or the prospect of almost certain death while trying to avenge the death of your dishonored lord. Which do you choose? “Ako: A Tale of Loyalty,” a video game built in 2020, takes […] … learn more→
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In an AI world we need to teach students how to work with robot writers
Robots are writing more of what we read on the internet. And artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are becoming freely available for anyone, including students, to use. In a period of rapid change, there are enormous ethical implications for post-human authorship — in which humans and machines collaborate. The study of AI ethics needs to […] … learn more→
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Banning mobile phones in schools can improve students’ academic performance. This is how we know
The effects of mobiles phones and other technology at school is a hotly debated topic in many countries. Some advocate for a complete ban to limit distractions, while others suggest using technology as a teaching tool. Kids in public South Australian primary schools started the school year without being allowed to bring their mobile phones to class, unless they […] … learn more→
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Odds are against ‘first in family’ uni students but equity policies are blind to them
It’s that time of year again when hundreds of thousands of Australian students start university for the first time. Commencing students account for about 40% of the more than 1.6 million Australians enrolled in university (as at 2019, the most recent available data). It’s an important step for many in pursuing their educational and occupational dreams. Those who are […] … learn more→
![When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children’s literature – took matters into their own hands](https://world.edu/wp-content/themes/homepage/includes/php/image-jit/?filter=thumbnail&file=/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/browniesbook.jpg)
When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children’s literature – took matters into their own hands
Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of The Brownies’ Book, a monthly periodical for Black youths created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in 1920. The magazine – the first of its kind – includes poems and stories that speak of Black achievement and […] … learn more→
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With young children, how to guide the use of screens?
The exposure of children under the age of 6 to digital tools, and in particular to screens, worries as much as it questions. Families and professionals and professionals in health and education find themselves confronted with the same problems. Difficulties that were exacerbated in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis: what advice should be given to those […] … learn more→