Introduction In March 2020, countries all over the world ordered schools to close in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, leaving students, teachers and parents in a state of uncertainty. While efforts were made to immediately adapt to distance learning, a broad consensus soon suggested that most disadvantaged […]
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Dancing with Covid: Choreographing examinations in pandemic times
Introduction: Covid 19 – emergency examinations in higher education In his poignant reflection on the disaster that befell the space shuttle Challenger, Latour (2004: 233–234) talks of how the shuttle’s journeys, which had become routine and unremarkable (an object), had suddenly disintegrated, literally, and transformed into a thing that became […]
Pedagogical publics: Creating sustainable educational environments in times of climate change
We children are not sacrificing our education and our childhood for you to tell us what you consider is politically possible in the society that you have created . . . We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences […]
Using game-based learning to teach economics during times of disruption
by Philippe Masset, Jean-Philippe Weisskopf and Mélanie Bonvin, The Conversation Exploration exhibits that video game-dependent finding out methods can enhance students’ knowledge of course materials. Credit history: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels, FAL The educational disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak represents a major problem for lecturers all about the earth. The circumstance […]
Comparative higher education research in times of globalisation of higher education: Theoretical and methodological insights
Antonucci, L (2014) Comparative research in higher education studies: Considering the different levels of comparison and emerging methodological challenges. In: Huisman, J, Tight, M (eds) Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. Vol. 1. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, pp.1–19. Google Scholar | Crossref Beck, U, Sznaider, N (2006) Unpacking cosmopolitanism […]
Conductive nature in crystal structures revealed at magnification of 10 million times — ScienceDaily
In groundbreaking products study, a crew led by University of Minnesota Professor K. Andre Mkhoyan has created a discovery that blends the most effective of two sought-right after attributes for touchscreens and sensible windows — transparency and conductivity. The researchers are the 1st to observe metallic strains in a perovskite […]
How education can succeed in times of crises
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 General public Domain The coronavirus pandemic and all steps taken to suppress the spreading of the an infection have led to a condition wherever lots of childcare facilities and colleges were being quickly unable to fulfill their educational mandate. Some others were being only ready to comply with […]
Time’s Arrow Flies through 500 Years of Classical Music, Physicists Say
What, specifically, can make songs to the ears? Time will explain to, according to a new study of 5 centuries’ value of compositions. Using procedures derived from statistical mechanics—typically employed to study substantial teams of particles—a staff of physicists has mathematically calculated the “time irreversibility” of extra than 8,000 items […]
Native Americans Voyaged to Polynesia in Prehistoric Times, Genetics Suggests
The start and growth of civilisation on the Polynesian islands continues to be a resource of fascination for historians, and new proof demonstrates that Indigenous American visitors may possibly effectively have been recognized in the location hundreds of a long time ahead of European settlers. Following a in depth […]
Titan Is Drifting Away From Saturn 100 Times Faster Than Scientists Expected
On human timescales, points in the Photo voltaic Procedure seem to be to be quite set in position. More than cosmic timescales, it is really all slowly slipping aside. The planets are quite, quite slowly going absent from the Sun and most of the moons are slowly going absent from […]
Early high school start times adversely affect attendance
Credit score: Acharaporn Kamornboonyarush from Pexels. A new analyze finds that before superior faculty start instances can have important adverse consequences for learners, which include amplified prices of tardiness and absenteeism. “The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that superior colleges start class following 8:30 a.m., but we know that most […]