Educators are pushing back against the notion that kids need to develop perseverance to get through school they find boring. Part of the responsibility is on the school.
A teacher finds motivation in using Fantasy Football as a way to teach geopolitics. The most popular country to the students? Djibouti. But that changed once they got serious.
In Asia, two programs help children living in an orphanage and on the street direct their learning experience, a practice that is often the domain of private schools in the West.
They're the latest addition to so-called "maker spaces" showing up in a number of libraries. But as libraries work to redefine their purpose in the digital age, it also raises questions about misuse.
Ny forskning visar att ungdomar som har mycket konflikter med sina föräldrar oftare hamnar i bråk med vänner och klasskamrater. "Hemmet blir en grund för problem som sprider sig till skolan och fritiden", säger Tatiana Trifan, forskare i psykologi vid Örebro universitet.
Skolereform, lang skoledag og integration stresser elever med opmærksomhedsforstyrrelser, men de kan hjælpes med meditation, siger Flemming Platz i sit pædagogiske diplomprojekt, hvor han giver en række handleanvisninger til lærere, der vil arbejde med mindfulness.
Some early childhood educators worry that pushing young learners to read in kindergarten will jeopardize their fluency down the road. Others say setting expectations prevents disadvantaged children from developing a reading gap early.
Student-centered learning has largely been the domain of middle class families. David Gribble found that less privileged children can thrive in these environments as well.
En ny pedagogik för läsinlärning håller på att lanseras för barn i Ånge kommun. Metoden att leka med pratljud sjösätts på allvar den här veckan med en kurs för pedagoger.
Genom att lyfta fram kritiska aspekter som tyngdkraft och rörelseenergi för eleverna kan de förbättra sin hållning vid löpning. Det visar en ny Learning study.