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We think learning to write creative nonfiction isn't a bad idea. But we disagree with Camhi's suggestion that academics need a night course for this. We propose something simpler: academics just need to start writing, getting edited, and seeing if the

Writing for the Public

Jonathan Wai, Ph.D :There’s been much discussion about the needless complexity of academic writing.In a widely read article in The Chronicle of Higher Education last...

Failure

Nick Morgan, Ph.D :Failure is fashionable. It’s a poor conference or meeting that doesn’t have someone celebrating the delights of failure and its improving lessons....

Centuries ago, in ancient Greece, Aristotle (384-322 BC) appears to have understood the importance of moving the body while learning. Instead of having his students (such as Plato) sit still during classes at the Lyceum, Aristotle preferred to teach his

Physical Activity during Class

Christopher Bergland :School-age children who perform short bursts of physical activity during class-such as jumping jacks, star jumps, or jogging in place-do better academically than...

The International Literacy Association recently rebutted the phonics-first narrative with a report that synthesized evidence from decades of research on teaching children to read. Many studies have shown the importance of educators adapting their teaching

Teaching kids how to read

Kindel Turner Nash and Leah Panther :We are literacy professionals, former reading teachers who now prepare college and graduate students to teach kids how to...

Significant effects were also seen in relation to student behaviour and attention, with more positive behaviour and attention being recorded. Interestingly, more significant effects were seen with studies that implemented physically active lessons for eig

More physically active lessons

Dominique Russell :Implementing physical activity has been shown to have a positive effect on student engagement and educational outcomes, a new systematic review shows.The research,...

Development of speaking skills

Burieva Raykhon Xayrullaevna :Annotation: Communicative teaching is perhaps the most popular approach to foreign language. It usually prioritizes fluency over accuracy and it is therefore...

Child’s well-being

 Matheis, PhD : “I can’t control my child!” :I hear this often by parents who are frustrated with their child’s behaviors, their difficulty in not...