By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Reflecting on reflection
Harold Jarche, 2014/09/02
I have often described the 'Downes Theory of Education' (which is not original to me, and which is too simple to be called a theory) as follows: "To teach is to model and demonstrate; to learn is to practice and reflect." So much writing focuses on the first pair of activities; the bulk of educational literature is focused on how to teach. More...
Le réseau des vice président-e-s recherche des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche se réunissait pour son séminaire annuel de rentrée, les 26 et 27 août à l’université de Strasbourg.
Au cours de ces journées, plusieurs sujets ont été traités qui engagent les universités et les organismes de recherche dans une stratégie scientifique partagée. Les thématiques retenues concernent principalement les politiques de site, la coopération internationale, les grands équipements scientifiques, les mobilités enseignement supérieur/organismes de recherche, les outils partagés entre établissements concernant la gestion des UMRs. Voir l'article...
Par Sylvestre Huet. Cet été de nombreuses équipes scientifiques françaises ont dû renoncer à leurs projets de recherche. En cause, le résultat du dernier appel d’offres de l’Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), publié début juillet. Un appel dit «générique», autrement dit sans priorités programmatiques fixées par les autorités politiques et la direction de l’ANR. Or, plus de 90% des projets proposés par les chercheurs n’auront aucun financement. Voir l'article...
By Charlie Tyson. People get furious with Cynthia Jones. Philosophy is known as the blood sport of the humanities, and Jones, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas-Pan American, doesn’t shrink from conflict. But she’d been sparring not just with fellow philosophers in seminar rooms, but with people from all corners of her campus. Read more...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Recent Research Review -- Reviewed (and Lamented)
Will Thalheimer, Will at Work Learning, 2014/08/22
I will admit that this article is an excellent read and that if you are in the field and haven't read it, you should correct this oversight immediately. If you really really don't have time this overview from Will Thalheimer will do nicely. More...
By Gregory Semenza - Chronicle Vitae. One morning about a year ago, I nearly spit out my coffee upon reading the claim that “sitting is the new smoking.” In summarizing the gist of recent research on inactivity, the Runner’s World article wasn’t mincing words: “The more you sit, the poorer your health and the earlier you may die, no matter how fit you are.” I leapt out of my chair and began pacing the room, trying to rewind the damage I’d just done to myself. I’ve long been aware of the fact that an hour at my desk aggravates my back way more than an hour of lifting weights or playing with my kids, but I hadn’t known that my reading and writing were literally killing me. See more...
Research is “not a panacea” for development in low-income countries despite making “important and significant contributions to socioeconomic development”, according to an impact review of public research by the UK Department for International Development.
Evidence does not back commonly held assumptions about how research leads to change, for example by directly benefiting economic growth and the quality of higher education, the report says. More...
By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Facts Are More Important Than Novelty: Replication in the Education Sciences”
Authors: Matthew C. Makel, gifted education reseach specialist at the Duke University Talent Identification Program, and Jonathan A. Plucker, a professor of educational leadership at the University of Connecticut
Summary: The authors of the study, published in Educational Researcher, the journal of the American Educational Research Association, set out to learn how often studies in the field get formally replicated. More...
Par . Depuis quinze ans, les chercheurs publics sont vivement encouragés à valoriser leurs travaux en créant des entreprises. Pour faciliter leur démarche, leurs établissements les accompagnent avec des dispositifs et des financements spécifiques. Retours d'expérience. Suite...
By Charlie Tyson. The word “replication” has, of late, set many a psychologist’s teeth on edge. Experimental psychology is weathering a credibility crisis, with a flurry of fraud allegations and retracted papers. Marc Hauser, an evolutionary psychologist at Harvard University, left academe amid charges of scientific misconduct. Read more...
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