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Preschoolers' reading skills benefit from one modest change by teachers

A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a new study found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Listen up, parents: For toddlers (and chimps), the majority rules

A study published online on April 12 in the journal Current Biology offers some news for parents: even toddlers have a tendency to follow the crowd. That sensitivity isn't unique to humans either; chimpanzees also a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Education social networking site Edmodo to open API to third party developers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Edmodo, the leading education centric social networking site has announced that it is opening its Application Programming Interface (API) to third party developers in a bid to entice more ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 184 | with audio podcast

Middle-class elementary school students ask for help more often than their working-class peers

Middle-class children ask their teachers for help more often and more assertively than working-class children and, in doing so, receive more support and assistance from teachers according to a study from the University of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Building a better math teacher: Math professor considers new ways to use what we already know

For years, it has been assumed that teachers -- specifically math teachers -- need to master the content they intend to teach. And the best way to do this is to take courses beyond that content.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

NY MoMath museum aims to add to math appreciation

(AP) -- Mathematics. It's a subject that can elicit groans and exclamations of "boring." But Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund quantitative analyst, is betting he can change that with a formula that looks ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

High school biology teachers reluctant to endorse evolution in class

The majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism or intelligent design violates the Constitution, ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 461 | with audio podcast

S.Korea schools get robot English teachers

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said Tuesday, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 28, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 16

Poor quality teachers may prevent children from reaching reading potential, study finds

When it comes to early reading, a bad teacher can prevent children from reaching their full potential.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Elementary school women teachers transfer their fear of doing math to girls

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then do worse at math, research at the University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

An animated penguin boosts kids' math scores

California's hottest new math teacher is an animated penguin named JiJi. Yes, it's true. A mute, waddling, tuxedo-clad cartoon figure has been quietly taking over math programs dotting Silicon Valley, dramatically improving ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Survey highlights trainee teachers' misconceptions about the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankings

A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race

A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who educates others. A teacher who educates an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor. The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of occupation or profession at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person wishing to become a teacher at state-funded schools must first obtain professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college. These professional qualifications may include the study of pedagogy, the science of teaching. Teachers may use a lesson plan to facilitate student learning, providing a course of study which covers a standardized curriculum. A teacher's role may vary between cultures. Teachers teach literacy and numeracy, or some of the other school subjects. Other teachers may provide instruction in craftsmanship or vocational training, the Arts, religion or spirituality, civics, community roles, or life skills. In some countries, formal education can take place through home schooling.

Informal learning may be assisted by a teacher occupying a transient or ongoing role, such as a parent or sibling or within a family, or by anyone with knowledge or skills in the wider community setting.

Religious and spiritual teachers, such as gurus, mullahs, rabbis pastors/youth pastors and lamas may teach religious texts such as the Quran, Torah or Bible.

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