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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Promoting Youth Well-Being Through Health and Education: Insights and Opportunities
Putting well-being at the heart of planning, policy making, and resource allocation is emerging as critical to the development of thriving communities and nations. We examined the academic and grey literature to identify theoretical frameworks that integrate health and education. We identified and described policies and programs supporting well-being around the world, and interviewed experts […]
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 […]
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, […]