Skolans beredskap för att ta emot barn med annat modersmål än det svenska är dålig, trots goda intentioner från lagstiftarna. Inte heller har undervisningen anpassat sig efter den forskningsbaserade kunskap som finns på området.

Our weekly round up of the latest research papers, methods and ideas related to teaching and learning.

Five teachers in the United Kingdom recently tested the use of touch-screen tables in their classrooms, and researchers found that while the technology may have potential, there is still a lot of work to be done before they can be effectively used in schools. The study by researchers at Newcastle University suggests that additional in-class…

I love witnessing miraculous things, and I love it even more when it’s kids performing the miracles, writes Mike Fischer.

Schools use various definitions to describe bullying, which is one of several reasons it is difficult to track and monitor bullying behavior at schools, according to a report released by the American Educational Research Association.

Students who are high-achievers in maths still may have areas in which they are not as strong, and it's important for teachers to identify those areas and provide support, writes Steph King, a mathematics education adviser for a local authority in the UK. In this blog post, King also recommends teachers help students who are…

From taking on teaching and learning responsibility to making it into the senior leadership team, four teachers to tell us about their career goals.

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.

Disruptive students can be a big challenge for teachers in charge of a room full of 30 students. There isn’t always time to get to the bottom of student behavior and in a large class those students can derail learning for everyone. But what if there was a way to help kids stop acting out…

Arbetet med den senaste gymnasiereformen har inte präglats av kunskapsteoretiska diskussioner. I stället har sociala och administrativa intressen varit mer framträdande i behandlingen av det estetiska innehållet i utbildningen, visar Jonathan Lilliedahl i sin avhandling i musikvetenskap.

Det är tydligt att några av eleverna kan få svårt att klara slutprovet. Veckans tema är skriftlig produktion. Utmaningen handlar om att skriva en insändare tillsammans med en fullfjädrad proffsdebattör - Gudrun Schyman. Del 6 av 8 (webb-tv).

Finns det demokratiska klassrum? Möte med Carl Wieman som arbetar med att förbättra undervisningen i naturvetenskap i USA. På University of Colorado startade han ett projekt som visar att aktivt lärande, kombinerat med nya pedagogiska verktyg, ger bättre resultat (webb-tv).