Den avgörande faktorn bakom en framgångsrik karriär som forskare är kontakt med seniora forskare under doktorandtiden. Det har en undersökning av Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin, IVA, kommit fram till. Tidningen Curie tar upp doktorandernas villkor i ett flertal artiklar.

Avoid the trappings of New Year's resolutions that are unsuccessful by helping students make plans for short-term successes, writes Maurice Elias, a psychology professor at Rutgers University. In this blog post, Elias suggests asking students to write two learning goals they wish to accomplish during the next three weeks and share their goals with a…

There are six pillars of the one-to-one initiative, writes Brett Clark, a director of technology in a school district in Jeffersonville, Ind. He writes in this blog post that such programs should be launched with a focus on learning rather than the device; investment in professional development and accompanying infrastructure improvements.

The role of higher education has transformed dramatically, with the current trend including a shift to offering purely online courses, author and columnist Douglas Rushkoff writes in this commentary. However, Rushkoff finds that, while he is in support of online learning, it requires some element of human interaction to be effective.

Teachers should ask themselves several questions before implementing a flipped instructional model to make sure it is appropriate in their classroom. Important questions include whether it is an appropriate model for the students.

Teachers cannot achieve deeper learning in isolation, education consultant Ben Johnson writes. Instead, he suggests in this blog post that educators form cross-curricular teaching teams, in which teachers from different departments come together to collaborate and share information.

Pilotprojekt i Randers skal hjælpe lærere og pædagoger, så alle elever kan rummes i samme klasse.

Children are failing to develop speech and language skills at school because teachers talk too much in the classroom, a major report has warned.

Jo mere børn motionerer, desto bedre synes de, at de klarer sig i matematik, viser ny undersøgelse. Børne- og undervisningsminister Christine Antorini kalder undersøgelsen meget vigtig og vil lade den indgå i forhandlingerne om folkeskolen.

According to a new study, the episodes of bullying that mar early grade school years may be a partial result of the victim’s DNA.

Det er lærerne på skoler i lavstatusområder i Norge som blir mest frustrert av medieoppslag om dårlige Pisa-resultater. I Finland bruker derimot de ressurssterke Pisa som en fjær i hatten.

Hur farligt är internet? Här presenteras resultatet från den svenska delen av den europeiska undersökningen EU Kids Online. Rapporten är skriven av Cecilia von Feilitzen, Olle Findahl och Elza Dunkels (pdf).