Det här inlägget handlar om vad ett omsorgsetiskt förhållningssätt skulle kunna innebära i förskolan. Den har sin utgångspunkt i Noddings (2015) bok “Philosophy of Education”. Detta är inte en fördjupning, eller en full redogörelse för vad omsorgsetiken innebär, utan endast min tolkning av några utvalda delar av omsorgsetiken som jag tycker kan vara relevanta för oss…

Elever från åk 6 som går på Söderkullaskolan i Malmö och läser spanska som modernt språk är med ett internationellt projekt tillsammans med elever i samma ålder från Spanien, Italien och Frankrike. Projektet heter: “Diseña un zoológico”, Designa en djurpark. Projektets mål är att motivera eleverna att sätta i praktik de allra första kunskaper kring…

På Idrottsgymnasiet är de inne på fjärde året med fokus på ett språkutvecklande arbetssätt – men förstelärarna Kajsa Månsson och Åsa Falk ser inget slut på det kollegiala lärandet. "Man måste våga hålla i det långsiktigt, vi blir aldrig riktigt färdiga", säger Åsa Falk.

Active shooter drills at schools could harm the psychological development of young students, asserts Melissa Reeves, a professor at Winthrop University and former president of the National Association of School Psychologists. In this interview, she describes how the drills can potentially trigger students who have experienced trauma and suggests schools practice lockdown procedures instead.

How to engage in more meaningful conversations with students.

Raising kids to love reading often comes down to forming habits, family norms and intrinsic motivation. A lot of it starts by parents modeling their own love of books.

Principal Liz Garden convenes a group of fifth-grade girls at her elementary school in Massachusetts for conversations about confidence -- centered around a book they all read. In this article, Garden describes how what began as mini-therapy sessions became much more.

Teenagers being bullied may withdraw, show signs of anxiety and depression and have academic issues, says licensed clinical social worker Nicole McQuillen. Parents should avoid escalating the situation and should speak with an official at the school "to explore what's going on and what can be done," she says.

A principal professional-development program that included 188 hours of training did not have the expected results, according to a report from the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers found teachers whose principals participated reported less instructional support and feedback, and data shows slightly lower retention rates among principals.

As teen suicide rates surged in La Plata County, Colo., Mountain Middle School decided to ban cell phones on campus. The school has been phone-free for seven years, and administrators say the ban has encouraged students to talk to each other and focus more clearly.

In Houman Harouni’s classes, power structures are questioned, discomfort is embraced, and even the act of teaching is subverted.

All school leaders experience adversity, contention, trials, and tribulations during their tenures. However, leaders of color will almost certainly experience situations that have an additional layer of contention or adversity due to bias, stereotypes, and incorrect cultural perceptions.