2023-10-27 Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were undervalued and left some actively rethinking their careers research shows.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-26 Students with low motivation also consistently display lower levels of certain essential core thinking skills; which appears to lead to underperformance at school a study in Greece has found.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-25 Enabling teachers to learn and problem-solve using ‘oracy’ – or exploratory talk – played a pivotal role in improving maths results at over 20 London schools according to a new analysis.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-20 The leaders of a Cambridge graduate study programme exploring Extended Reality (XR) in arts education suggest that the technology should be at the forefront of wider educational research given its transformative potential.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-19 A UK-funded programme to support out-of-school girls in low-income countries has significantly enhanced their learning confidence opportunities and prospects a new report says. However sustained strategic and targeted investment will be needed to preserve these gains.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-12 The University of Cambridge is to pilot a programme offering civil servants and early years professionals personalised access to recent research and a cross-sector network of expertise to help shape solutions to pressing issues in early childhood policy.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-11 Researchers are urging an evidence-based approach to the use of simulations to train medics and teachers amid signs that technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality could reshape education in both professions.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-10 A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child’s tendency to be ‘prosocial’ and act with kindness and empathy towards others research indicates.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-09 The idea of reframing Religious Education around the concept of ‘worldviews’ has provoked intense debate in the sector in recent years following a 2018 report which proposed its formal integration into RE. Studies and associated discussions at the Faculty of Education have been trying to understand the proposal the controversy and determine how far it should define the future of RE in schools.Read the full story |
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2023-09-19 In many countries play within healthcare settings is a novel concept. Cambridge PhD candidate Paulina Pérez-Duarte Mendiola hopes to change that. Read the full story. |
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