Interactions with Turkana families suggest the skills acquired by children from schools are not in harmony with their families’ everyday socioeconomic survival practices.
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There is a need to isolate core African values and belief systems that define our identity and keep them in the education system.
Children’s scribbles can tell us a lot about how they will progress in school.
Attending two years of preschool improves children’s readiness for school.
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Ireland is the latest country to offer two years of preschool education to all children. Is it time Australia followed suit?
Across Australia, low-income people lose about six years of life compared to their better-off compatriots.
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We all like to think we are free agents and have huge degrees of agency. But, in reality, our health reflects the environments we live in.
The ‘other’ Steve who co-founded Apple Computer.
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David Glance sits down with Apple co-founder and inventor of the Apple 1 computer, Steve Wozniak, to talk about his life, his thoughts on Apple then and now and how technology is changing the world.
Seymour Papert lectures on LOGO, computers and education.
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Seymour Papert’s vision has helped computers become widespread in education today, and gave birth to the movement to teach children to program.
Happiness does not come solely from better marks.
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To close the gender gap in schools, we need to look at far more than just grades.
Intelligence is about more than just biology.
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Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn’t make educational intervention pointless.
Business school fortunes are connected to London finance.
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Of all the university departments, business schools could be the worst affected by Brexit. But it doesn’t have to be all bad.
Can clearing can give you a second chance to decide what you want to study?
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Does the university clearing system work?
Auditory processing disorder is most common among primary school children.
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The term APD describes several disorders that result in a breakdown in the listening process. It is most common in primary school, affecting more than 5% of children.
Islam is not a monolith, and understanding its source code has value for everyone.
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Undertaking a Muslim education – coming to understand the faith’s teachings and its ideas about humanity – can have enormous value for anyone who wishes to tackle social conflicts.
A helping hand for school children from disadvantaged backgrounds would yield economic benefits for NSW.
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Evidence suggests early intervention to improve educational opportunities for low-income kids yields impressive long term results – but we need to use better evaluation methods to know what works.
New jobs, such as big data doctor, might be just around the corner.
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Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
Research found that community coaches were unclear about the common signs and symptoms of concussion.
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School and community sports coaches’ lack of knowledge about concussion leaves players vulnerable on the pitch.
An African philosophy of education offers new ways of thinking about the continent.
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Adopting an African philosophy of education can be a powerful tool to help the continent’s universities create real social change and justice.
A parent surveys the scene of Kenya’s worst school fire, in which 63 students died in 2001. Recent arson attacks have been aimed at disruption.
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A shocking wave of school fires set by students across Kenya has elicited a range of counter-measures, none of which appears to get to the root of the problem.
Following the failed coup in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the sacking of nearly 1,600 deans, 21,000 teachers and 15,000 education bureaucrats.
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The sacking of Turkish education staff speaks to a broader agenda of control through removing educated dissident voices.
Scientists are hoping genetic scoring could help identify children who may develop learning difficulties.
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Almost 10% of differences in exam results at age 16 can be explained using individuals’ DNA alone.
Parents are often concerned about the effects of social media on their children’s character.
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The majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children’s moral development.