Twenty-six science teachers have completed advanced studies in the Rothschild-Weizmann Program for Excellence in Science Teaching and will be awarded M.Sc….
Researchers found that children with relatively poor language skills either didn't improve over the course of one academic year, or actually lost ground in…
A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that many teachers have insufficient knowledge of how the spoken language is converted into written…
According to the Education and Training Strategy of the European Union, it should be four in ten by 2020. Getting this additional person into and through…
HPP is a collaborative program involving the Harrisburg School District and Capital Area Head Start, which provides comprehensive, high-quality preschool…
Jonas Ivarsson, Docent (Reader) at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning at the University of Gothenburg, has used students of architecture…
A thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows how preschool teachers are also involved in assessing preschool children thgough pedagogical documentation.Pedagogical documentation involves preschool teachers observing and keeping a record of children’s attempts to create meaning. …
Around 5% of school children in Sweden have problems learning to read and write on account of difficulties with word decoding.Phonemic building blocks“Most…
Canadian scientists who specialize in learning, memory and language in children have found exciting evidence that pre-schoolers can improve their verbal…
Viewing two-dimensional images of the environment, as they occur in computer games, leads to sustained changes in the strength of nerve cell connections in the…
EMBO, EMBC and South African government sign agreementScientists in South Africa will access the latest in European life sciences thinking and research…
Knowing the right way to handle stress in the classroom and on the sports field can make the difference between success and failure for the millions of…
Scott’s results address a debate among research psychologists about the relation between the development of both language and concepts. While adults readily…
Yet a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that this idea falls flat on its face in real life since relatively few pupils are…
In her thesis, Susanne Thulin examines the way in which teachers and children communicate around science questions in early childhood education. Her study…
The level of education and literacy among adults in the poor Amhara region in Ethiopia is generally very low. In the last 15 years, however, great educational…