Every week, HEADlines brings you the latest news, stories and commentaries in education and healthcare. This week, get insights on the latest developments in education.
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Changing how we teach
It is difficult to find teachers who can improve students’ test scores, while also engaging students in the classroom; a study has found that cognitively-demanding tasks that boost students’ grades seldom led to increased student-reported engagement. However, six out of 53 surveyed teachers managed to achieve both educational outcomes by making use of hands-on and collaborative learning, while maintaining clear behavioural rules in class.
It can be difficult to find a “right” way of teaching that balances all desired learning outcomes. Introducing collaborative and cross-disciplinary learning to the classroom may help teachers achieve a happy middle ground, while the “science of teaching” constantly evolves to meet contemporary learning needs. |
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One tried-and-tested way to engage and teach preschoolers is to develop characters or props using loose materials like branches, leaves, wood chips and bottle caps. |
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If schools want to achieve their goals to educate students, they should strengthen the communities that surround them. Research suggests four ways schools might play a more meaningful role in supporting community development. |
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More workers without degrees are landing jobs they’d have been shut out of before. Will it last? |
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A new college history course at Texas State University will focus on Harry Styles and the culture of celebrity. Roughly 20 lucky undergraduate students will get to learn how — as the pop star so famously put it — "it's not the same as it was."
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Long walks to school amplify the already considerable challenges facing rural girls, including poverty, insecurity, violence, and social norms hostile or indifferent to girls’ education. |
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The surge in teachers quitting has left schools in Hong Kong struggling to fill positions for subjects such as English language and home economics, the new education minister has revealed, while pledging to liaise with institutions to adjust training quotas. |
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What might a new perspective — climate change as a “modern” educational problem — look like? And how might a new framing help address the crisis? |
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That's all for the week! |
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