Att använda vardagliga räkneexempel riskerar att stjälpa mer än hjälpa, enligt en ny studie om vilken sorts undervisning som funkar bäst i matematiksalen.

Men vastly outnumber women among sexual harassers. The reason has more to do with culture than with intrinsic maleness.

Slöjdundervisningen skulle kunna spela en viktig roll för att ge eleverna fler exempel på förebilder genom att lyfta fram inspirerande exempel på konst, hantverkare, slöjdare, konsthantverkare, designers, konstnärer och formgivare. Det skulle vara spännande att se hur det skulle påverka undervisningen och lärandet i slöjden. Kanske det på sikt skulle påverka den status slöjd och…

Forskargruppen Rose vid Karlstads universitet har beviljats 1,2 miljoner kronor av Vetenskapsrådet, för att bygga upp ett tvärvetenskapligt nätverk av internationella toppforskare med fokus på skolämnen och lärarutbildning. Målet är att producera ny kunskap som har potential att utveckla lärarutbildningen i såväl Sverige som internationellt.

Vetenskapsrådet har beviljat Tove Gerholm, forskare vid Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet, ett projektbidrag på 5,9 miljoner kronor för forskning om hur barn lär sig språk.

"Men vad blir man då?!" Den frågan får många som studerar humaniora. De utexaminerade studenterna stakar ofta ut en helt egen väg på arbetsmarknaden visar en avhandling som undersökt tidigare etnologistudenters yrkesbanor efter examen.

A curriculum review in Australia should include a focus not just on content, but on engaging students emotionally, asserts Timothy Wright, headmaster of Shore School. In this commentary, he describes how deeper, more emotionally connected lessons could improve teaching and learning.

Educators at three schools in Australia have been studying whether high-tech makerspaces can improve outcomes for young students from kindergarten through second grade. The study included a 3D-printing project that taught students to take risks, and the results show that makerspaces foster creativity and problem-solving skills among students.

Some mobile apps that claim to help young children learn may not be designed to teach them in the ways they need, according to a study of 171 math and literacy apps by researchers at the University of California at Irvine. Josh Golin, executive director of the nonprofit Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, says many…

Every year, teachers spend significant amounts of time doing on-the-job professional development. But it often fails to account for varying skill levels and needs. As more educators take charge of their professional growth, encouragement from administrators is a valuable asset for self-direction. Gretchen Bridgers recommends four ways for administrators to foster a positive climate for…

Historically, stigma and issues of accessibility have kept many hungry students from eating school breakfast. Schools nationwide serve about 57 low-income children breakfast for every 100 who participate in the school lunch program. Here's the good news: participation is rising. Try these tips for growth from schools that are successfully feeding students the most important…

A high-school special-education teacher has created a four-step approach to help her students develop resilience and cope with stress. In this blog post, Michele Lew shares a worksheet she created that helps students identify what is stressing them out and develop healthy responses.