New Zealand focusing on digital and collaborative learning
We won’t teach you how to use technology. Frances Valintine, CEO of The Mind Lab by Unitec, is opening a postgraduate certificate course by surprising her […]
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Supporting young children with low performance in mathematics
According to the doctoral thesis by Riikka Mononen, mathematics interventions can be used successfully to promote the early mathematics skills of children with low performance in mathematics, already before the onset of formal schooling and in the early grades. Identifying low performance in mathematics and providing sufficient support should be emphasised already in early childhood education.
Collective creativity, communal learning and exceeding oneself
Learning researcher, psychologist and professor Kai Hakkarainen wants to shake up the notion of learning as a permanent, intrinsic ability or talent which predetermines the […]
How do teachers benefit from training on social interaction skills?
Markus Talvio (M.Ed), will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “How do teachers benefit from training on social interaction skills? – Developing and utilising an instrument […]
Popularization of Research
The academic world is slowly moving towards the private sector and business world. For example research is opening up and spreading to wider audiences. One […]
Do values make us happy?
Does having certain values enhance your well-being? Or does the relationship between values and well-being depend on the country where you live and your social network? The doctoral thesis by Florencia Sortheix examines these questions in four different contexts.
Engagement and/or burnout among Finnish students?
The higher the level of school engagement, the lower the level of school burnout – this is the overall picture. However, a study published in the latest issue of Developmental Psychology demonstrates that Finnish high school students display divergent patterns of school engagement and burnout.
What’s the impact of technology on education?
A question that we get frequently asked (as we happen to work with issues related to young people’s technology mediated practices), is that what good does adding technology to classrooms do? Or more precisely, does technology have an positive impact on learning? However, as i see it, that question is quite irrelevant. In this post i will shortly explain why.