Tagged With: Education
Banned books and digital resistance
As Calls to Ban Books Intensify, Digital Librarians Offer Perspective Posted on November 24, 2021 by Caralee Adams Image credit: Roger Nomer | The Joplin Globe From Texas to Virginia to Pennsylvania, there is a growing movement to challenge books in schools that some suggest are inappropriate for students. Concern goes beyond explicit content; it … Continuer la lecture
Penguin Modern Classics book-covers
How Penguin’s Modern Classics dared us to judge a book by its cover Jackets from the 1960s editions – Penguin After 60 years of the series celebrating contemporary fiction, have the early jacket designs stood the test of time – and how do you create a cover fit for a classic? by Killian Fox Sun … Continuer la lecture
Racism on US Campus
Language adapts to people not the contrary.
My English will never be ‘perfect’ – and that’s what keeps a language alive by Nesrine Malik As a child, I mixed English with Arabic. Now I know there’s no such thing as a fixed language that belongs to one special group. A sign for English lessons in Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India. Photograph: Alamy Mon 28 … Continuer la lecture
China is trying to rewrite history
By banning Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, China is trying to rewrite history The Communist party is widening its attack on the legacy of 1989 – and criminalising a new generation of activists Fri 4 Jun 2021 by Louisa Lim ‘Last year, tens of thousands of Hongkongers defied a Covid-inspired ban to flock to the … Continuer la lecture
Cartooning the world
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Covid 19 : education of girls at stake
After Covid-19, millions of girls may not return to the classroom. We can help them Malala Yousafzai World leaders meeting this week should not be seeking a return to how things were, but committing to how they should be. Mon 14 Sep 2020 ‘Leaders can take the first steps toward transformative change by delivering a … Continuer la lecture
Learning from the screen vs learning from printed books?
Screen-based online learning will change kids’ brains. Are we ready for that? by Maryanne Wolf Best Of Guardian Opinion US We are starting to see technology’s effect on child development and adult reading skills – and the research isn’t optimistic Mon 24 Aug 2020 15.37 BST Last modified on Tue 25 Aug 2020 ‘With millions of students … Continuer la lecture
A fascinating guided tour of 500 years of Medicine History
Featuring three thousand objects and covering an area equivalent to 1,500 hospital beds, Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries is the magnificent new home for the most significant medical collections in the world. Showcasing extraordinary medical artefacts from the collections of Henry Wellcome and the Science Museum Group, including the world’s first MRI scanner, Fleming’s penicillin mould, … Continuer la lecture
Steve McQueen unveils his epic portrait of London’s Year 3 pupils
Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils his epic portrait of London’s Year 3 pupils This epic display of portraits appears in a year when Britain’s education system has been challenged as never before. These photographs of all Year 3 pupils in London schools show the old ordinary life with entire classes posed … Continuer la lecture
