Textbooks in the digital world
Textbooks were once a major piece of educational infrastructure. But as digital content expands, a new kind of 'textbook' is improving the quality of K-12 instruction.
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Are movies a good way to learn history?
History movies may have Oscar potential, but their educational potential is more complicated. Should teachers use Hollywood to teach?
From bakery to wagashiya: a textbook case of ‘moral education’ in Japan
The changes required of a textbook that referred to a bakery – an “inappropriate” form of Japanese culture – illustrate how the system falls short of its goals of deliberative and critical education.
Shakespeare in South African schools: to die, to sleep – or perchance to dream?
Most other African countries have a less fractious or problematic relationship to Shakespeare than South Africa does.
Rethinking how we assess learning in schools
Our current way of assessing students doesn't let them see the progress they are making over extended periods of time.
For Australia to improve in maths, policymakers need to make a plan and stick to it
Policy continuity is what is needed to improve Australian students' maths capability.
What to say if your child asks, ‘what’s the point of maths?’
The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.
Want to improve NAPLAN scores? Teach children philosophy
Teaching philosophy for just one hour a week can improve children's progress in writing, maths and reading.
Fighting fire with fire is unlikely to stem Kenya student unrest
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.
Kenyan schools reform is a unique chance to rethink life-skills teaching
Thanks to life-skills training, girls who previously believed it improbable that they would go on to secondary school are now allowing themselves to dream about possibilities.
What summertime means for black children
Summer is not an idyllic time for all. Two researchers who are black and are parents to two black children describe why they feel the weight of the summer.
Curriculum changes contradict vision for Britain’s creative future
Art has been sidelined and is in danger of only becoming a subject for the privileged.
Who should monitor homeschooling?
Homeschooling regulations vary from state to state. And loopholes in these regulations could excuse parents from actually reporting the results.
ICT is failing in schools – here’s why
Just 55% of year 6 students and 52% of year 10 students are meeting the expected grades for ICT. What's going wrong?
Summer babies are schooled in low self-esteem
Britain is trying to reduce the disadvantages which burden kids born in July and August. But why does it matter so much?
My disabilities do not define me. I am Jim
On July 26, America celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law and its predecessors changed the lives of those with disabilities. This is Jim's story.
Special exam arrangements for dyslexia veering out of control
Concerns that people with dyslexia won't be able to memorise poetry are missing the point.
Economics hijackers could do with a history lesson
Behind every economic policy initiative lies a narrative justifying that course of action: immigration increases unemployment; public debt is unsustainable; manufacturing is interminably declining; city…
Explainer: what is oracy and why should every child be taught it?
A recent report confirms that the alumni of British “public schools” still control politics and many top professions. One reason those people are so successful in public life is, of course, that their…
Tiered GCSE papers that cap ambition should be abolished
Children’s access to high grades at GCSE is determined by our examination system, which assigns grade limits in some subjects. Known as tiering, this means that some 16-year-olds sit a foundation GCSE…
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Head of School, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies/Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Leeds
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Emeritus Professor Miraca Gross, UNSW
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CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Director of the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Oxford
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Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University
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Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Professor of Curriculum Studies and Philosophy of Education, Indiana University
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Lecturer: Digital Technologies in Education, Monash University
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Senior Professor of Economic and Business History, University of Wollongong
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Research Associate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Education, University of Cambridge
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Senior lecturer, University of Cambridge
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