Category: education
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Empathy can be taught at school – and it can lead to more creative thinking
Empathy can be taught at school – and it can lead to more creative thinking Helen Demetriou, University of Cambridge This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Most people think that empathy – the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes – is fixed, but it’s not. Empathy can be…
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New approach to teaching computer science could broaden the subject’s appeal
New approach to teaching computer science could broaden the subject’s appeal Lauren Margulieux, Georgia State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Despite growing demand for computer science skills in professional careers and many areas of life, K-12 schools struggle to teach computer science to the next generation. However, a…
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Holiday help! An art expert suggests screen-free things to do in every room of the house
Holiday help! An art expert suggests screen-free things to do in every room of the house Naomi Zouwer, University of Canberra This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. School holidays can feel like a marathon if all the kids want to do is watch TV, play Minecraft or repeatedly ask you…
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4 ways that AI can help students
4 ways that AI can help students W. Ian O’Byrne, College of Charleston This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. As artificial intelligence systems play a bigger role in everyday life, they’re changing the world of education, too. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing and Google’s Bard all come with both risks and…
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A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters
A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters Rebecca Weber, Oklahoma State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Disability representation is slowly increasing in books geared toward children and teens. In 2019 the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison –…
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7 ways to reduce the learning loss caused by the pandemic
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Tommy Soesmanto, Griffith University; Danielle Logan-Fleming, Griffith University; Gede Rasben Dantes, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha; Kanchana Kariyawasam, Griffith University; Lanita Winata, Griffith University, and Md Sayed Iftekhar, Griffith University School closures and the shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted…
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Stop telling students to study stem instead of humanities for the post coronavirus world
Stop telling students to study STEM instead of humanities for the post-coronavirus world Alan Sears, University of New Brunswick y Penney Clark, University of British Columbia This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Finally, someone has figured out how to put an end to students wasting their lives in the…
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Mobile phones enable learning
Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a…
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