While schools have adopted ‘growth mindset’ interventions and millions of dollars have been spent to see if they work, an analysis of the available research shows they have only a small impact.
Ken Starkey defends the importance of business schools, while Martin Parker says ‘bring in the bulldozers’.
Management academics often face students in their classrooms with more practical experience in the business world than they have. But management is an important inter-disciplinary field that has a lot to offer business executives.
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Those who study, research and teach management are often viewed skeptically, even by their students, who might have more experience than they do in the business world. Here’s why that’s wrong.
Middle and high school students turn to alt-right websites for their research papers.
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A researcher discovered that many US students cite alt-right websites in their research papers. Should teachers discuss the websites to help students tell fact from fiction?
Refugee Journeys is a board game designed to help front-line workers and educators confront their bias towards refugees.
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Many Canadians have volunteered to help newcomers adjust to society. This board game was developed to help these volunteers understand what it feels like to enter a new country and build a new life.
Well-developed and implemented vision and mission statements can play a useful role in helping schools be good places to learn.
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Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called for a school boycott to change the nation’s gun laws and make schools safer. A scholar who studies protest explains how the boycott could work.
A great deal of teachers’ learning also happens in the classroom.
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New Zealand’s coalition government in its first budget has treated public policies as investments, with the goal of improving social and environmental outcomes.
NAPLAN is a “dumb” test administered to all students, regardless of contextual factors such as location and culture.
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Literacy and numeracy can be assessed through creative tasks, like creating a drama performance or an electrical circuit, without hindering creativity.
The Colosseum: a well-known ellipse.
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