As higher education institutions worldwide transition to new methods of instruction, including the use of more pre-recorded videos, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many observers are concerned that student learning ...
Education
Feb 17, 2021
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Teaching children in a way that encourages them to empathise with others measurably improves their creativity, and could potentially lead to several other beneficial learning outcomes, new research suggests.
Education
Feb 3, 2021
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Research during the first phase of remote teaching in Victoria reported some students found the workload "too high," missed interactions with peers, felt their thinking ability was impaired, and reported a difficulty coping ...
Education
Jan 19, 2021
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The lives of millions of parents and children were turned upside down when COVID-19 forced school lockdowns in April 2020. With a new national lockdown announced for England on January 4 2021, many parents and schools have ...
Education
Jan 12, 2021
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Anxieties among Canadian teachers are heightened. Confronted with rising second wave COVID-19 cases, some provinces extended holiday school closures. Meanwhile, many teachers have had to put aside concerns about their own ...
Education
Jan 11, 2021
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A new review by Swansea University reveals there is widespread belief, around the world, in a teaching method that is not only ineffective but may actually be harmful to learners.
Education
Jan 6, 2021
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Storytelling—the oldest form of teaching—is the most effective way of teaching primary school children about evolution, say researchers at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath.
Education
Dec 7, 2020
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When Singapore emerged from a two-month long COVID-19-imposed Circuit Breaker (CB), AI Singapore, a national Artificial Intelligence (AI) program set up by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to anchor deep national capabilities ...
Education
Dec 1, 2020
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When the #MeToo movement gained momentum in 2017, it exposed widespread sexual harassment in the workplace, and academia was no exception. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic has dimmed the spotlight on this issue in higher education ...
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2020
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The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research.
Evolution
Nov 17, 2020
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