We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren’t the only entities capable of adapting to their environment—schools of fish, robots, and even our genes can learn new behaviors, explain Jan De Houwer and Sean Hughes (Ghent University) in […]
In 2011, the United Nations (UN) announced the International Friendship Day, which falls on the 30th of July. It is a celebration that focuses on peace and human solidarity. As educators, we should emphasize the importance of friendship to our students. It is a good way to build up students’ empathy towards their friends from […]
Creating an intensive lesson plan is a pressing job, especially for some teachers who juggle multiple classes from different grades. You don’t want to accidentally use a 3rd Grade material to teach a 4th Grade class. No worries. Read theory is the hero every English teacher needs. It is not a literal ‘theory’ for reading. […]
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER Alarm bells seemed to sound in teachers’ lounges across America late last year with the debut of ChatGPT — an AI chatbot that was both easy to use and capable of producing dialogue-like responses, including longer-form writing and essays. Several writers and educators went so far as to even forecast the […]
Education systems transformation is creating buzz among educators, policy makers, researchers and families. For the first time, the UN secretary general convened the Transforming Education Summit around the subject in 2022. In tandem, UNESCO, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) co-authored “From Learning Recovery […]
