Adolescents benefit from a later start to the day, claims Oxford professor after tests on memory A pioneering headteacher is calling for all secondary schools to follow his lead and start classes at 11am, allowing teenagers two hours extra in bed. Dr Paul Kelley, head of Monkseaton Community High School in North Tyneside, said it [...]
When it comes to intelligence, there has always been one fundamental question: Is it a function of nature? Is it simply encoded in a child’s genes? Or is it a function of nurture? Is it more about the environment that a child grows up in? Richard Nisbett, a professor of psychology at the University of [...]
Here are explanations of words used in this year’s online education guide Asynchronous: Learning in which interaction between instructors and students occurs intermittently with a time delay. Examples are self-paced courses taken via the Internet or CD-ROM, Q&A mentoring, online discussion groups, and E-mail. CBT (computer-based training): An umbrella term for the use of computers [...]
A.L.O. is about alternatives to compulsory schooling.
