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10 more unusual STEM careers
Scientists grapple with new and exciting challenges everyday. It’s what makes STEM so diverse and exciting, offering endless career opportunities that no list can quantify. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try! Following on from our post on 10 Unusual …
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What we can learn from big businesses
The international race for better student assessment scores has led to fierce educational competition, both on a national and international level. In a fast-evolving landscape, can educational institutes look to top businesses to keep their heads above water? The trend …
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Now and next: the latest trends in education
Education is always evolving. Pedagogic techniques and classroom technologies constantly change and shift the manner and method by which we learn, and yet in many ways, we still need to catch up with ourselves. Modern classrooms still follow an industrial-age …
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Coding: from telepathy to living life on the edge
Coders are now the popular kids on the block, working flexible hours and enjoying substantial pay packages. The divergence of technology into new uncharted territories means that coders are going to be in high demand for a while, too. So, …
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What can we learn from teachers around the world?
Whether we like standardised assessments or not, tests like PISA have come to be regarded as an accurate reflection of a country's progress. Education, after all, shapes a country, along with its future leaders and scientists. Over the years, various …
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Virtual Learning with Mark Ellis
We believe in working in partnership with teachers, rather than just delivering a product, we have our very own Mark Ellis speaking at the COBIS Annual Conference, focusing specifically on how schools and educators can get the best out of …
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Girls Can Do Math
Excuses about STEM disparity range from theories of pipeline issues to women scientists actually forgoing careers in favour of better work-life balance. We cannot, however, ignore the elephant in the STEM room, namely, bias. A study conducted by Dr. Joan. …
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Challenges in STEM Education and How Teachers can Overcome Them
Teachers are a huge influence when it comes to students’ subject choice matter or their decision to pursue a STEM career. The evidence from the ICM-S survey suggests that students’ decisions to study STEM in college can be directly influenced …
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NGSS in Film: How Science and Video work together
Changes are afoot in the US science curriculum. With new NGSS guidelines on the horizon, many teachers are concerned about how these developments will affect them and how it will change their classroom. Over the next few blog posts we …
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“The human mind is our fundamental resource” - PISA in the US
It was John F. Kennedy who famously said ‘Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.’ The latest PISA scores were released yesterday and more than anything …
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