Kids should be encouraged to talk back – 5 tips for teaching them critical thinking skills: Teaching kids to think critically sets them up well for life. eli_asenova Whenever school holidays loom, many parents find themselves caught in an emotional tug-of-war: on the one hand, relief at bidding farewell to homework battles, bedtime struggles, and …
Teaching prisoners to start businesses can help them return to society: When people are released from prison back into society, they can find themselves in an unknown world for which they are ill-equipped. They need stability and security to get their lives back on track – yet often have nowhere to go. They also tend …
Fraud is a problem so big we need to start teaching children how to spot it in schools: Fraud can happen to anyone. Twinsterphoto/Shutterstock Have you or someone you know been a victim of fraud? If so, that’s not unusual. The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a rise of 25% in the number …
Why are so many graduates shunning teaching? Pay – but not bonuses – could be the answer: fizkes/Shutterstock There is a persistent shortage of teachers in England. Numbers of new recruits fail to meet targets, and too many teachers are leaving their jobs. It’s clear that more new teachers are needed – but apparently not …
History teaching in South Africa could be vastly improved – if language skills were added to the mix: Combining content learning and language skills is a boon for academic performance. Epicurean In recent years there’s been growing recognition among education experts that integrating content and language learning is key to promoting comprehensive academic achievement. This …
Lovemore Mbigi will be remembered for his teaching on ubuntu in business leadership: Lovemore Mbigi. Knowledge Resources Professor Lovemore Mbigi, celebrated within the African management and psychology disciplines, died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 26 June 2023. He left a body of work that resonates on the continent. Mbigi was over his career affiliated with several …
Remote teaching in Nigeria and South Africa got a COVID wake-up call — how to capitalise on it: Lecturers felt unprepared for the shift to remote teaching, saying they had neither received nor sought relevant training. Vadym Pastukh/Shutterstock Universities had to deal with many anxieties and uncertainties during the early days of the COVID pandemic. …
More ethnic minority teachers are needed in UK schools – but teaching can affect their mental health and wellbeing: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock There is a major shortage of new teachers in England, and this includes teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds. Research from 2020 found that 46% of schools in England had no Black or ethnic minority teaching …
Teaching the Holocaust through literature: four books to help young people gain deeper understanding: A survey commissioned in 2019 revealed the shocking result that over half of Britons did not know that at least six millions Jews had been murdered during the Holocaust. This result was all the more surprising given the fact that the …
Rishi Sunak is right about a lack of maths skills in England: here’s how plans to extend teaching could work: Ground Picture/Shutterstock UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has proposed making the study of mathematics compulsory for all students in England up to the age of 18, to help young people “in a world where data …
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Universities after COVID: as lecture theatres reopen, some pandemic teaching methods should live on: Rido/Shutterstock COVID-19 restrictions required universities to move their classes online. It was a tremendous – although difficult – learning experience for all involved in this shift. As restrictions have been lifted, universities are moving back to in-person teaching. With campuses getting …
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University is about learning, not teaching to targets: Kate Kultsevych/Shutterstock The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from their studies. The proposals, released as consultation documents, include numerical targets. For full-time students, 80% of those studying for their first degree should continue in …
Phonics teaching in England needs to change – our new research points to a better approach: Sokor Space/Shutterstock Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the …
Online teaching and learning is not just for pandemics and it can help solve old problems: COVID-19 forced the rapid upskilling of academics and students to teach and learn remotely in ways unfamiliar to most. GettyImages South African universities are currently considering the future of teaching and learning after the rapid shift to emergency remote …
South African universities have taken to online teaching: but it can’t be permanent: Emergency remote learning shouldn't be confused with carefully crafted online curricula. GettyImages The uptake of educational technology in South Africa’s higher education sector has been highly uneven and very slow. Before the pandemic, most courses offered in South African universities had some …
What I learned from teaching African sport history to American students: A young USA fan blows a vuvuzela at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa match between USA and Ghana. Stuart Franklin / Getty Images On the first day of my seminar “African Sport: The Culture and Politics of Play,” students spoke about Shakira, …