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Funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the LUMA Finland programme will develop new methods and resources to inspire 6-16 year-olds towards STEM and to increase their skills and knowledge.The main themes are: 1. Mathematics 2. Natural and environmental sciences 3. Technology education »»» Läs vidare/ Read more [LUMA.fi]

Det var inte kommunaliseringen, det fria skolvalet och friskolereformen som utlöste de sjunkande resultaten i svensk skola. Kunskapstappet började innan reformerna genomfördes. Det är kontentan i en ny rapport ifrån IFAU. »»» Läs vidare [Skolvärlden] »»» IFAU pressmeddelande och rapport [IFAU]

Annie and her Year 6 teacher Melanie Stratford at St Benedict’s Primary School in Narrabundah have been part of an Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) study since the start of the year and already the results have been ”amazing”. Students with Down syndrome usually operate at a much lower level of maths, but thanks

I Paris norra förorter har myndigheterna ringt runt till högutbildade arbetssökande för att höra om de inte kan tänka sig att undervisa ett tag. Lärarbristen är med andra ord inte bara ett svenskt problem. »»» Läs vidare [Lärarnas Nyheter]

– Det händer grejer när lärare vågar testa nya saker, säger Ellinor Netz och myser. Hon är lärare som både deltar och handleder Matematiklyftet på Björkhagens skola och tycker att det är bland det roligaste hon gjort. »»» Läs vidare [Pedagog Stockholm]

Origami is capable of turning a simple sheet of paper into a pretty paper crane, but the principles behind it can be applied to making a microfluidic device or for storing a satellite’s solar panel in a rocket’s cargo bay. Researchers are turning kirigami, a related art form that allows the paper to be cut,

Thinking you’re good at math and actually being good at it are not the same thing, new research has found. About one in five people who say they are bad at math in fact score in the top half of those taking an objective math test. But one-third of people who say they are good

One of the Coalition’s proudest boasts has been that it has started to increase the quality of education in our schools, after years of decline. Now, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, has delivered a bombshell. He states that we are failing at least 170,000 of our children (around 70,000 more than two years

The problem with such calls ( we should learn from the “chalk and talk” teaching methods reported to be used in Shanghai ) is the assumption that the success of East Asian countries is due to specific features of their education systems. Even at first glance, this assumption would seem to be dubious. The school

Two Papamoa primary schools are beginning a two-year programme looking at how apps can be used to teach maths.Nearly $200,000 has been granted by the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) to support the research project at Te Akau Ki Papamoa and Tahatai Coast Primary Schools. »»» Läs vidare/ Read more [SunLive]