Perspectives on teaching and learning
An American institution, Strayer University has continued to expand its hybrid campus programme, which is designed to provide working adults enrolled online with convenient access to drop-in services such as success coaches, admissions officers, and support staff. The university has launched its twentieth hybrid-style campus in Killeen, Texas, and has confirmed plans for more such … Continue reading Strayer University extends hybrid campus scheme
Digital curriculum resources specialist Discovery Education has acquired virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) provider Inspyro, to enhance its content and product strategy. VR and AR content empowers educators to create immersive learning experiences such as virtual science labs and virtual field trips either back through history or to places students cannot easily or … Continue reading Discovery Education integrates Inspyro’s digital enterprise
A study by the UPV/EHU’s Department of Evolutionary Psychology and Education has explored the validity of narrative and non-narrative cartoons for developing narrative skills, moral reasoning and values and countervalues in children in mainstream and non-mainstream education. The effect that may be exerted by the structure of the cartoons on these aspects when the children … Continue reading How cartoons enable children’s narrative skills and values
UK School Standards Minister Nick Gibb has told his international counterparts that the English education system will remain outward-looking and internationalist after Brexit. Speaking at a G7 meeting of education ministers in France, Minister Gibb reaffirmed his commitment to drawing on best-practice and evidence from across the world when looking to improve the education system. … Continue reading Gibb goes for greater internationalism and equality in education
“High-stakes exams may shift the educational experience away from learning towards exam performance. For these reasons, we suggest that teacher assessments could be relied on for monitoring progress, instead of exam scores, in particular during earlier school years.” – Margherita Malanchini https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/13/teachers-assessing-pupils-could-replace-formal-exams-study-says Continue reading The Guardian: Teachers assessing pupils could replace formal exams, study says
“Universities are cauldrons of stress, anxiety, deadlines, and self-imposed learning that are a genuinely awful experience for students with mental health issues.” – Calvin Prickett https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/student-tells-how-he-waited-months-for-mental-health-support-at-university-a4145151.html Continue reading Evening Standard: Student tells how he waited ‘an age’ for mental health support at university
“Schools obviously are free to set their own behaviour policies but my own view is that schools should ban mobile telephones and smartphones inside school, and particularly inside classrooms.” – Nick Gibb https://inews.co.uk/news/education/headteachers-corrosive-mobile-phones-banned-schools/ Continue reading iNews: Headteachers call for ‘corrosive’ mobile phones to be banned in schools
“Our new research shows parent reactions to an Ofsted inspection are significant and meaningful. They withdraw support for their children when they are happy the school is doing well.” – Professor Imran Rasul . https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/19/good-ofsted-reports-are-bad-for-schools-gcse-results Continue reading The Guardian: Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results
There is increasing evidence that depth of vocabulary is important – a rich meaning network of associations around a word. This is really important for inference skills.” – Jane Oakhill https://www.tes.com/news/inference-why-comprehension-not-just-about-vocabulary-and-knowledge Continue reading Inference: everything schools to know | Tes
