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25 février 2018

Un « outil Freinet » transversal venu du Japon : la tradition du kamishibaï a du bon, même en 2018 !

The ConversationToujours prisé par un nombre non négligeable de bibliothécaires, de professionnels de la petite enfance, d’enseignants, voire d’orthophonistes, cet outil fait, chaque année, l’objet de nombreux ateliers (pour enfants) et d’ateliers-stages et formations (pour adultes) et il fait son spectacle dans des centres culturels, des écoles, des médiathèques et même en plein air.
De quoi s’agit-il ? Du kamishibaï (de kami, papier et shibai, théâtre), initialement utilisé dans la rue (gaito) et dont la popularité a atteint son apogée au Japon à la fin des années 1920. Plus...
25 février 2018

Does college turn people into liberals?

The ConversationDoes going to college make students into political liberals?
Conservative activists have claimed that universities brainwash students and indoctrinate them into believing a liberal ideology. The line of reasoning goes like this: Liberal college professors tell students “what to think,” and “what to think” is that conservatives and their positions are to be dismissed. More...
25 février 2018

DC graduation scandal shows how chronic absenteeism threatens America’s schools

The ConversationEach year in the United States, approximately 5 to 7.5 million students in the nation’s K-12 schools miss a month or more of school. That means 150 to 225 million instructional days are lost every school year. More...
25 février 2018

Why students at prestigious high schools still cheat on exams

The ConversationSome of us might think that academic integrity is sacred in high-performing schools and that students who attend such schools are unlikely to cheat. Since many of these schools are located in affluent neighborhoods, it seems logical to assume that students at these schools would not need to cheat since they have ample resources at their disposal. More...
25 février 2018

The media need to think twice about how they portray mass shooters

The ConversationThe lead story on The New York Times homepage provided the overview of the latest massacre at an American school: “17 Killed at Florida School; Toll May Climb.”
A “sidebar,” or secondary story, also on the homepage, bore this headline: “Here’s What We Know About the Suspect.”In a similar vein, the Washington Post ran a story with the headline, “Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz: Guns, depression and a life in trouble.”The stories tell of a troubled kid who liked weapons, threatened classmates and was cruel to animals. More...
25 février 2018

Alcohol probably makes it harder to stop sexual violence – so why aren’t colleges talking about it?

The ConversationAll colleges and universities that receive Title IX funding are federally mandated to offer intervention programs, where bystanders are trained to intervene in risky sexual situations. These programs aim to reduce campus sexual violence, as one in five college women say they’ve been a victim of sexual assault. More...

25 février 2018

Why school leaders fake academic success

The ConversationAt the beginning of each school year, before the students arrived, teachers from every school in the Atlanta Public Schools district were placed on school buses and taken to the old Georgia Dome. More...

25 février 2018

Why accountability efforts in higher education often fail

The ConversationAs the price tag of a college education continues to rise along with questions about academic quality, skepticism about the value of a four-year college degree has grown among the American public. More...

25 février 2018

What you need to know about the tuition fee review — and how it could affect students

The ConversationThe government is frustrated nearly all university courses now cost £9,250 a year and wants to encourage some sort of variation in feese. More...

25 février 2018

Brexit: German universities among those poised to benefit if researchers and funding shift

The ConversationWhile collaboration is important, countries also compete with each other for funding and students. Our new research has found that academics and institutions across Europe, and particularly in Germany, could make significant gains as Brexit shakes up the European higher education landscape. More...

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