Bukola Amao-Taiwo, University of Lagos Africa is home to over 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, according to UN data. The continent has the largest population of young people in the world. This should be a sign of great productive potential. Unfortunately, youth unemployment and under-employment have held productivity back, resulting in aContinue reading “Nigeria’s education for entrepreneurs needs to keep it real, not just in the classroom”
Category Archives: 4. Quality Education
Lockdown babies behind on communication milestones: to help toddlers’ language skills, just talk and listen
Katie Alcock, Lancaster University Research has found that babies born during lockdown have been later to meet some language and communication milestones. During this time, babies met fewer new people and had fewer chances to socialise with other adults and babies, whether in baby groups or in family and friends’ homes, and parents had workContinue reading “Lockdown babies behind on communication milestones: to help toddlers’ language skills, just talk and listen”
如何应对青少年的心理健康问题？
“我emo了，分享给谁呢，好笑的视频，一天的委屈，想看的电影，几分钟更新的胡思乱想，鸡毛蒜皮的小事，好像没人愿意知道，没人愿意听我想了无数次的话。”15岁的小丽在朋友圈发道。
云南大树脚村：村民教育缓解人象冲突的现状与挑战
“当时有九头大象在我家院子里！”云南大树脚村村民李大哥指着八十多岁的老母亲说道，“她就在院子里捡玉米，大象在身边都不知道。”或许是被院子里晾晒的一百多斤的玉米吸引，那天，九头大象闯入了李大哥家里。而由于听力和视力很差，李大哥的母亲对此浑然不知，和这群象共处了半个小时。
How Nigerian students became ‘change agents’ in solid waste management
Chidi Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria Nigerian cities aren’t managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country’s cities, presenting a major socio-cultural and environmental challenge. Cities tend to treat waste as purely a technicalContinue reading “How Nigerian students became ‘change agents’ in solid waste management”
来自大山的呼唤——凉山异地搬迁社区如何针对性帮扶不同群体
“妈妈晚上2点才回来，早上6点就去上班了。我已经习惯自己一个人做饭了。”来自凉山昭觉县的8岁女孩背着弟弟习以为常地说到。
一直以来，贫苦是凉山彝族自治州给外界留下的最深印象之一。四川凉山彝族自治州是全国最大的彝族聚居区，直到脱贫攻坚战打响前夕，凉山仍是深度贫困地区之一。脱贫攻坚初期，四川最穷的10个县，凉山包含了8个；全州17个县市， 11个均为国家扶贫开发重点县。
Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how
Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little. Widespread school closures are notContinue reading “Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how”
Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions
Lorelle Holland, The University of Queensland and Maree Toombs, The University of Queensland In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during 2021. Incarcerating childrenContinue reading “Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions”
Hope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things better
Caron Gentry, Northumbria University, Newcastle All too often, hope is equated to a desire for something fleeting: good results on an exam, the win of a favourite team, the wanted present. Quite whether something so insubstantial can actually be called “hope”, though, is a question that has taken on particular poignancy over the last twoContinue reading “Hope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things better”
I no longer grade my students’ work – and I wish I had stopped sooner
Elisabeth Gruner, University of Richmond I’ve been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped putting grades on written work, and it has transformed my teaching and my students’ learning. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. Starting in elementary school, teachers rate student work – sometimesContinue reading “I no longer grade my students’ work – and I wish I had stopped sooner”
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