Högskolan i Skövde startade sin yrkeslärarutbildning hösten 2011. Nu avslutar den första kullen studenter sin utbildning.

Mens norsk lærerutdanning i stor grad styres av politikere, overlater finnene jobben til lærerutdannede og forskere på feltet. En ny doktorgradsavhandling fra Universitetet i Oslo har sett på forskjeller mellom norsk og finsk lærerutdanning.

Pernilla Nigård har studerat hur ungdomar använder pornografi och hur de exponerar sig sexuellt på nätet. Hon presenterar sina resultat i en licentiatavhandling som läggs fram på Malmö högskola nästa vecka.

Även barn i 1-3-årsåldern lär sig saker i förskolan. Hur det går till och hur förskoleverksamheten kan utvecklas för så små barn undersöker Susanne Klaar i sin avhandling i pedagogik vid Örebro universitet.

Teachers in many parts of the country are using video games such as "World of Warcraft" and "Angry Birds" to help teach students about math, language arts and other subjects.

A high school in Arizona that has adopted blended learning, in which students learn part of the time in traditional classrooms and the remainder of instruction is online, is highlighted in this article as an example of the instructional model.

"We can use games in the classroom to not only leverage engagement but also to align games to instructional principles," writes educator Andrew K. Miller.

How does Dan Meyer make learning math enjoyable and interesting? He makes math problems "irresistible" to students, "so they have to know the answer." With the help of a camera, a tripod, and some creativity, he achieves this goal by taking students' interest and layering math on top of it.

Advice from experts and teachers who use vertical teaching in their schools. Virtual teaching returns: could it work for your school? So what exactly is 'vertical teaching'?

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A growing number of schools are trialling vertical teaching, bringing together different year groups for lessons – because they see it as a great way of offering a bigger range of subjects for students to study.

Starting the year off with ideas on the best ways to use technology to support learning, Larry Ferlazzo collected an invaluable list of criteria last year from educators, to which he added more resources in his recent blog post for EdWeek.