Att skapa demokratiska medborgare sågs som den viktigaste uppgiften när jag började undervisa. Mina kollegor och jag diskuterade livligt hur det skulle gå till. Var det genom att läsa om olika demokratiska system, eller var det i stället genom att se till att eleverna fick vara med om en levd demokrati? Själv tillhörde jag den…

Petter Iwarsson är socialpedagog med vidareutbildning inom handledning, familjebehandling och barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi. Han menar att arbete i skolan bygger på och kräver förmåga till samtal och att goda relationer mellan skolpersonal och elever kan stärka elevers självkänsla, bidra till psykisk hälsa och öka möjligheterna till lärande och utveckling.

How well did your school or district utilize technology to improve outcomes in student learning in the 2013-14 school year?

Inspired by an education-technology conference, three math teachers at Banks Trail Middle School in Fort Mill, S.C., have flipped their classrooms to allow students to watch videos at home and later receive personalized instruction in class.

Harvard University is using highly produced content, interactive software and unparalleled scholarship to rewrite the standards for massive open online courses, or MOOCs.

"While most of our students outgrow their impulse to interject seemingly random thoughts during lessons or classroom activities, we've probably all encountered students who constantly vie for our attention," writes ASCD EDge community member Ryan Thomas.

Winona State University-Rochester has reshaped its teacher-training curriculum to closely model the clinical doctors-in-training model.

The popularity of one-to-one computing -- particularly with tablet computers - continues to grow in schools in the Washington, D.C., area and elsewhere. Advocates see the approach as a way to bridge the digital divide and allow students to learn at their own pace.

27 maj är första dagen på en sex veckor lång distanskurs som Unesco Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) i Moskva och Institute of Education (IOE) på London University arrangerar tillsammans på Coursera. Kursen heter ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum och bygger vidare på forskningsprojektet ICT in Primary Education,…

Richard Walden, chairman of the Independent Schools Association, claims state schools fail to provide pupils with a moral compass because of a relentless focus on exam results and league tables.

A quiet revolution has been going on in the corridors of academia: nowadays, being a success may include having a life outside, says Jonathan Wolff.

'It is the ability to marry teacher and tech that makes the iPad so formidable.' Will Strange explains his innovative approach to teaching modern foreign languages.