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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  ‘Schools are killing curiosity’: why we need to stop telling children to shut up and learn

  The Guardian - Wendy Berliner

  Young children sit cross-legged on the mat as their teacher prepares to teach them about the weather, equipped with pictures of clouds. Outside the classroom, lightning forks across a dark sky and thunder rumbles. Curious children call out and point, but the teacher draws their attention back – …

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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in the Classroom

  edutopia.org - Cathleen Beachboard

  According to research, nurturing prosocial behaviors may improve academic outcomes—both classroom grades and test scores. Humans are born with …

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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  What is the point of higher education if it doesn’t make people happy?

  The Guardian - Jonathan Wolff

  Forcing universities to compete with each other is a bad idea. What we need is a Teaching Happiness Framework In The Methods of Ethics, a book read only by philosophers with an overdeveloped sense of duty, the late Victorian utilitarian moralist Henry Sidgwick argued that other philosophers of his …

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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  Giving students more music, theater, and dance boosts writing scores (and compassion), big new study finds

  chalkbeat.org - By Matt Barnum

  When you’re the big fish, it’s not OK to pick on the little fish just because you can. That’s an important lesson for everyone. But some Houston …

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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  10 global megatrends facing education

  BBC News - By Andreas Schleicher

  What are the big international trends coming over the horizon that are going to affect education systems around the world? Andreas Schleicher, head of education for the OECD economic think thank and in charge of the international Pisa tests, sets out the biggest social, economic, political and …

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  Dimitris Tzouris

  

  'It makes me feel angry': Kids speak out about their parents' phone use

  abc.net.au - By Fiona Pepper for Life Matters

  Many Australian parents worry about their children having too much screen time, but perhaps they should look a little closer to home. If the six- and …