https://phys.org/science-news/education en-us Phys.org provides latest news on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education Hip hop dancing can be used to spread awareness of disability rights and help those with sight problems to participate in performance equally, a new study says. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-hip-awareness-disability-rights-equality.html Social Sciences Education Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:09:27 EST news620654965 A new study published in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation evaluates the employment outcomes and ongoing support needs among graduates of Project SEARCH in Michigan, a one-year school-to-work transitional program. Replicated at more than 500 sites across the United States and worldwide, the program prepares students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to attain and maintain competitive employment upon graduation. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-michigan-school-to-work-transitional-high-success.html Economics & Business Education Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:58:04 EST news620585882 Four in five primary caregivers of nine-month-old babies reported cuddling, talking and playing with their little one several times a day, in England's first national long-term study of babies in over two decades, led by UCL (University College London). https://phys.org/news/2023-11-pressures-young-families-parents-precious.html Social Sciences Education Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:08:03 EST news620579276 School students experience a wide range of achievement emotions during the years they spend attending school. Some of those emotions, such as joy and pride, are positive. Yet students also experience boredom and anger when they find achievement activities too difficult or too easy. These differing emotions are important for adolescents' development trajectories. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-high-school-students-academic-linked.html Social Sciences Education Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:32:03 EST news620577121 Teacher training courses are integral to teacher education programs. However, they often offer limited opportunities for novice teachers to practice teaching and receive feedback on their performance. In this regard, peer evaluation of a teacher's recorded teaching video or "microteaching" is promising. Recently, this method has been integrated into many teacher education programs. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-perceptions-pre-service-teachers-peer-reaction.html Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:23:03 EST news620497381 Dutch youth are less informed about democracy than peers in similar countries. This is evident from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS), an international survey conducted in 24 countries on citizenship among second-year high school students. The Dutch part of the study was conducted by the University of Amsterdam, the Kohnstamm Institute, and GION Education/Research at the University of Groningen and commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-dutch-youth-knowledge-democracy.html Education Political science Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:20:06 EST news620486368 New research led by AUT academics shows how to enhance early childhood education for Samoan pepe meamea (infants and toddlers)—the majority of whom are taught in English-medium centers. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-cross-cultural-samoan-infants-toddlers-aotearoa.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:18:42 EST news620486318 New research has exposed how food charity in schools is becoming mainstreamed across England amidst the cost-of-living crisis, welfare cutbacks, and entrenched poverty. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-schools-fourth-emergency-families-desperate.html Economics & Business Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:56:53 EST news620485008 The more time pre-schoolers spent in childcare during the first year of the pandemic, the more their vocabulary grew, a new study has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-early-pandemic-sustained-benefits-youngsters.html Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:56:40 EST news620484993 Who could have imagined how quickly we would return to pre-COVID routines? https://phys.org/news/2023-11-hallelujah-school-concert-season-music.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:29:23 EST news620483359 Remote teams are less likely to make breakthrough discoveries compared to those who work onsite, according to research led by the universities of Oxford and Pittsburgh into the rise of remote collaborations among scientists and inventors across the world. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-remote-collaborations-scientific-breakthroughs-co-led.html Economics & Business Education Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:01 EST news620476408 In Australia we have a long history of taking children outdoors to learn about the natural environment. But thanks to computer games, tablets, and busy lifestyles, children aren't getting as much exposure to nature as they used to. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-bush-kinders-good.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:00:01 EST news620398536 When ChatGPT launched a year ago, headlines flooded the internet about fears of student cheating. A pair of essays in The Atlantic decried "the end of high-school English" and the death of the college essay." NPR informed readers that "everybody is cheating." https://phys.org/news/2023-11-instructors-students-chatgpt.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:30:04 EST news620393401 The point when a child with special educational needs (SEN) is diagnosed is an important moment in their lives. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-girls-special-needsnew.html Education Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:40:00 EST news620390393 New research at Aston University has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers in reception classes learn to read. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-extra-blending-letter-struggling-readers.html Education Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:43:03 EST news620325781 New research from the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center suggests that Ph.D. graduates in science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) in the U.S. who became disabled before age 25 earn $14,360 less per year in academia than those without disabilities. They are also underrepresented at higher faculty levels (such as deans and presidents) and in tenured positions. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-phd-disabilities-underpaid-underrepresented-academia.html Economics & Business Education Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:07:03 EST news620323621 The early years sector—nurseries and childminders who offer services to children under the age of five—waited expectantly for news of investment in the UK chancellor's recent autumn statement. But this was not delivered, even though Jeremy Hunt presented 110 economic measures designed to boost UK growth and productivity. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-minimum-wage-affect-early-years.html Economics & Business Education Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:35:04 EST news620318102 A team of researchers and teachers from the University of Twente have developed a novel teaching method that uses conceptual modeling to facilitate learning and foster creativity in classrooms of chemical science and engineering students. The students tackled real-world problems related to sustainability. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-chemistry.html Education Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:50:38 EST news620311835 Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and Loyola University have discovered that personality does not seem to have much influence when it comes to choosing social friendships at school, which are based more on the closeness of our contacts, according to a study recently published in the journal PNAS. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-people-friendships-school.html Social Sciences Education Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:44:00 EST news620311437 When is a language extinct and when is it merely dormant? There are certainly languages that have passed over that line, and many remain threatened today. But what of those in the twilight zone—can we revive them, and what would that look like? https://phys.org/news/2023-11-language-revive-ta-moriori.html Social Sciences Education Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:56:05 EST news620056563 A recent paper released by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based team of researchers and policy analysts, found that children of the wealthiest 1% of Americans were 13 times likelier than the children of low-income families to score 1300 or higher on SAT/ACT tests. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-qa-wide-gap-satact-scores.html Economics & Business Education Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:55:04 EST news620056501 A study published in the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies has looked at the dynamics of student peers helping each other with their educational needs. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-kind-peer-pressure-students.html Social Sciences Education Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:47:03 EST news620056022 Almost 80 years ago, Florence Bell quietly laid the foundations for one of the biggest landmarks in 20th century science: the discovery of the structure of DNA. But when she died on November 23 2000, her occupation on her death certificate was recorded as "housewife." https://phys.org/news/2023-11-florence-bell-died-unrecognized-dna.html Social Sciences Education Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:40:01 EST news619878797 A new Sussex study has revealed that "math anxiety" can lead to disengagement and create significant barriers to learning. According to charity National Numeracy, more than one-third of adults in the U.K. report feeling worried or stressed when faced with math, a condition known as math anxiety. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-math-anxiety-students-disengage.html Mathematics Education Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:01:03 EST news619887661 There is a persistent shortage of teachers in England. Numbers of new recruits fail to meet targets, and too many teachers are leaving their jobs. It's clear that more new teachers are needed—but apparently, not enough people are choosing the profession. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-shunning-paybut-bonusescould.html Economics & Business Education Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:57:06 EST news619880224 Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT based on Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the ways we think, learn and work. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-student-generative-ai.html Education Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:40:01 EST news619878881 Given the health and education challenges many New Zealand children face, it is surprising (and even depressing) how little crossover and collaboration there is between these two vital sectors. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-health-linkednz-primary-schools.html Education Political science Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:33:50 EST news619878826 Every day, millions of people start the day by posting a greeting on social media. None of them expect to be arrested for their friendly morning ritual. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-states-tech-language-redundant.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:50:04 EST news619876201 A new study shows that female academics are significantly underrepresented in winning academic prizes and having awards named after them. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-female-academics-prizes-award-woman.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:26:31 EST news619806390 A new study highlights the vital contribution of 'virtual schools' for children in care and recommends ten ways to improve their educational outcomes. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-uk-highlights-vital-contribution-virtual.html Education Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:02:38 EST news619801355