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'How was school today?' How to help kids open up and say more than 'fine'

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'How was school today?' How to help kids open up and say more than 'fine'

One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is "how was your day?" We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school.

Social Sciences

2 hours ago

Subtitles unlikely to improve early reading skills, researchers find

Public campaigns backed by celebrities and politicians have argued that television subtitles may dramatically improve children's reading abilities. However, there has been no convincing research evidence for these claims.

Social Sciences

19 hours ago

Investigating the gender gap in children's educational time investments in informal settlements

New research from Monash University has, for the first time, investigated how children living in urban informal settlements in Indonesia and Fiji spend their time on educational, work and leisure activities, and how this ...

Economics & Business

20 hours ago

'Adolescence' on Netflix: A painful wake-up call about unregulated internet use for teens

In the Netflix series "Adolescence," we have no idea why Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested at the beginning of the first episode. The tension from seeing a helpless 13-year-old boy escorted to a police station and interrogated ...

Social Sciences

Apr 2, 2025

Trips to the playground and jigsaw puzzles: Five surprising ways to help children learn to write

It's a milestone that leaves parents beaming with pride: the first time their child shakily writes out their own name. And it's the start of many more key childhood moments, from Christmas lists to writing their own stories.

Education

Apr 2, 2025

US textbooks portray Asians in a limited and negative light, new study shows

An AI-driven analysis of widely used textbooks found that only 1% of sentences contained any mention of Asians or Asian Americans—and most of the references were related to war and foreign affairs rather than contributions ...

Social Sciences

Apr 2, 2025

Australian public libraries failing readers with print disabilities

A new study has revealed that Australia's public libraries are struggling to adequately support people with print disabilities, leaving a significant portion of the population without access to essential reading and learning ...

Education

Apr 2, 2025

Science 'storytelling' is desperately needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis, say researchers

Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say.

Education

Apr 2, 2025

School inclusion still failing autistic students, say researchers

Research from the University of South Australia shows that autistic students are still struggling at school, despite efforts to improve services and supports.

Education

Apr 1, 2025

Free open-access needs to be the norm for Canadian research

Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and reduce inequality.

Other

Apr 1, 2025

Study finds England's trainee teachers excel in early reading instruction

A new study led by Dr. Johny Daniel from our top-ranked School of Education has found that trainee teachers in England are significantly better prepared to teach early reading skills compared to their counterparts in India, ...

Education

Apr 1, 2025

How the open science movement tackles scientific misconduct

In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: "An old tradition and a new technology have ...

Other

Mar 31, 2025

Psychologists call for education reform to address school anxiety

The U.K. education system must urgently change to be more understanding of school "refusers," as returning to school might not be the right outcome for some children, psychologists say.

Education

Mar 31, 2025

School phone ban one year on: Our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success

One year after the government banned cellphones from schools to help students focus and reduce distractions in class, we're beginning to see how it has been implemented and how successful it's been.

Education

Mar 31, 2025

School principals speak about stress, violence and abuse in their jobs

School principals around Australia are responsible for about 4.5 million staff and students in almost 10,000 schools. Not only do they oversee students' progress, but they are also responsible for the performance of staff ...

Social Sciences

Mar 31, 2025

Reliable science takes time. But the current system rewards speed

Lately, there have been many headlines about scientific fraud and journal article retractions. If this trend continues, it represents a serious threat to public trust in science.

Other

Mar 30, 2025

10 million peer reviews expected in 2025: Experts advocate for AI integration

It is expected that in 2025, approximately three million articles will be indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science. If each undergoes peer review by two experts, and an additional 2 million articles undergo peer review, but ...

Education

Mar 28, 2025

Smartphone bans alone fail to equip children for healthy use of technology, say experts

Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, argues a group of international experts in The BMJ.

Social Sciences

Mar 27, 2025