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Learning and Behavioural Sciences

Ticking The Right Boxes: How Can We Better Measure Education For Good?

Co-authored by Ameena Hussain, Audrey Giacomini, Thana El-Sallabi, Chelsea Waite, Rebecca Warren, Jaya Ramchandani, and Shaun McInerney. Changes in education are taking place in response to the deepening challenges we see in the world: social division, accelerated globalization, ecological emergency, technological advancement, and increased knowledge in neurosciences. Job markets are less predictable and the economy is less stable. For young people today, […]

May 7, 2020
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Learning and Behavioural Sciences

How Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact The Future of Education?

As schools around the world transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, students, parents, and educators are all wondering what this means for education in the future. While it may seem difficult to predict how the future will unfold during such uncertain times, some of the most pioneering work happening around us can guide […]

May 5, 2020
Darlene Damm
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Learning and Behavioural Sciences

What About Teachers’ Learning During COVID-19?

“Don’t stress about schoolwork. When your daughters return to school, their teachers will get them back on track. We are teachers and that is our Superpower” (Victoria Bryne, Salerno Secondary School, Galway, 20 April, 2020) In many countries, Labor Day is a public holiday, and people enjoy their time off from jobs. But how many of […]

May 1, 2020
Margo O’Sullivan
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Access and Inclusion

Opinion: Can COVID-19 Cure Our Education System?

In the beginning of the year, there were 258 million children and adolescents out of school around the world. Now, there are nearly 1.6 billion learners — over 90% of the world’s students — confined to their homes because of the new coronavirus spreading across the globe. This pandemic is adding to the endless continuum of barriers confronting students in their […]

April 21, 2020
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Access and Inclusion

How Can Parents Help Autistic Children to Reduce Anxiety During Isolation?

These are anxious times for us all. The whole world is living the same overarching story of dealing with the consequences of COVID-19. The outbreak has led to school closures in 165 countries, impacting over 1.5 billion learners. Schools are out and children are learning at home. The division between home and school is being […]

April 14, 2020
Dr. Karen Guldberg
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Access and Inclusion

EAA Provides Home Learning Support for Parents and Guardians

Across the globe, more than 516.6 million students* are currently not attending school due to nationwide and localized school closures in efforts to control the spread of Covid-19. Unfortunately, that number is expected to increase over the coming weeks, as more countries and cities shutter schools indefinitely. As governments continue to grapple with the challenges […]

March 26, 2020
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Emerging Technologies and Edtech

Using AI to Support the Teacher

The New Role of the Teacher More than 25 years ago, I left my career as a hematologist to enter the exciting world of education. In those 25 years, much of the way we communicate and learn has changed due to the vast amounts of information available at our fingertips. But we have also realized […]

January 21, 2020
Stephen Cox
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Access and Inclusion

The Effects of War and Migration on Cultural Identity

As migration rates soar to an all-time high, hugely as a result of war, the process of globalization accelerates at a historical magnitude. Traditions become integrated, lost, and transformed, altering the lives of millions and creating a widening gap between generations. We want to explore how war has affected our relationship with traditions and values, […]

December 8, 2019
Sadeem Jaro - Faris Almoli
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Higher Education

Global Talent, National Efforts

The scale and volume with which postsecondary students are crossing international borders are unprecedented, and never have so many countries vied to attract these global aspirants. Although Anglophone countries are among the largest hosts of international students with just five countries hosting half of the world’s 5 million mobile students, attracting international students has become […]

December 1, 2019
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Emerging Technologies and Edtech

Will AI Really Transform Education?

This story about artificial intelligence was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. For all the talk about how artificial intelligence could transform what happens in the classroom, AI hasn’t yet lived up to the hype. AI involves creating computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require […]

October 29, 2019
Caroline Preston
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Access and Inclusion

Geographic Lotteries of Learning

Note: This article has been lightly edited and was originally published in the Edtech Podcast on August 28, 2019 [link] What’s in this episode? This week we throwback to a second recording from this year’s WISE@Paris. In this episode you’ll hear from two speakers on the topic of the future of learning, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Professor, […]

September 9, 2019
Sophie Bailey
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Learning and Behavioural Sciences

Why Most 40 Minute Lessons are Inefficient

Imagine a classroom of 45 students in Liberia. A teacher spends 5 minutes demonstrating 37 + 24 on the blackboard. She then leads students through a 10 minute guided practice of a similar problem, 44 + 19. Finally, students launch into a 25-minute independent practice solving problems aligned to today’s goal. All students work hard, […]

September 9, 2019
Sara Merlo

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