What do we really know about teaching?

I have often heard it said that everyone thinks they are an expert on education simply because they went to school. This is an overstatement, of course, but it does seem today that more and more people have – and express – an opinion about teachers and the quality of their teaching......

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The high cost of truancy

Resisting authority may be some teenagers’ sport of preference, but they’re hobbling themselves if they think that skipping school is cool. Results from PISA 2012 show that playing truant is related to significantly poorer performance in mathematics, which has repercussions on students’ futures, and on the performance of their school and school system. But all parents and teachers have the means to reduce the incidence of truan......

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A new direction for education reform in China

China has worked hard to expand access and improve the quality of education by trying many alternative approaches to educate more people, both by drawing on the experiences of other countries or retrieving historical practices. The progress to date has been tremendous, with nine-year basic education universalised, mass higher education attained, and youth and adult illiteracy eradicated. The recent 3rd plenary session of the 18th Communist......

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Three essential questions that leaders at workplace must ask themselves

Even without an official title, and irrespective of your position in the organisational hierarchy , you can be a ‘leader’ in your own right through your action and attitude. True. But the story is vastly different  when you are a “leader” by title, i.e when you are ‘assigned’ a leadership position by your organization, and are expected to lead a group of people assigned to you to a certain goal. In this case, you are officially responsible for the outcome, not only of your own productivity, but more significantly for the outcome of your people’s productive behavior as well. You have......

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Green Acts : Am I doing my bit?

Very simply put: We and all living beings need air, water, soil and energy to live; but unfortunately the ways in which our lifestyle has been evolving, especially over the last few decades, either we are consuming stocks of natural resources too fast to be replenished by Nature or we are mindlessly wasting or polluting scarce resources. Coupled with that, we are not yet able to find enough and viable sources of renewable energy. Result? Global Warming, Resource Depletion, Energy Crisis and dangers of possible extinction of even the human race in not-too-distant a future, unless we all......

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The Growing Popularity of Distance Learning MBA!

An MBA, or a Master of Business Administration, is a very hot subjectthese days.MBA programs or Master in Business Administration enables you to acquire skills and expertise that benefits you in any business milieu. With this qualification you can look forward to a satisfying career and interesting roles with great prospects......

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iHow To Pick The Right Graduate Business College

Choosing a graduate business college is no easy task, but finding the right program for you can propel your career forward and fuel your success. Here are ways to research business schools and narrow down to which ones you’d like to apply......

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Staffing Firms For Biotech Professionals - 5 Facts

Having a tough time finding that bioprocessing, toxicology or drug development position you seek? Consider working with an employment staffing company. Here are five facts about how these organizations can be useful......

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Three Reasons Online Education Is A Great Alternative To Traditional Classrooms

In these tough economic times, people all over are looking for ways to make themselves more marketable to potential employers. Let’s face it: There’s stiff competition out there for jobs in this post-recession world, even in growing fields like nursing and other healthcare positions. People need to find ways to set themselves apart from the rest of the pack. One of the best ways to do just that is education; bettering your skills and expanding upon your knowledge are essential in helping you beat out the competition for your dream job. Whether you’re looking to work in business, become a......

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PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILD'S ACTIONS

The question of legal parental responsibility for the actions of their minor children has been very much in the news recently, perhaps most notoriously when two teens were accused of bullying another child so mercilessly that she jumped to her death at just 12 years old. The local sheriff in the place arrested the girls and indicated that he wished there was a way to charge their parents as well......

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