Category: Education
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Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom
Creativity Research Journal: Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom (HT: Marginal Revolution) One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of…
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Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted
The Conversation: Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted Prestigious US academic institution Princeton University will prevent researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly articles to journal publishers, except in certain cases where a waiver may be granted. The new rule is part of an Open…
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The Secret Language Code
Scientific American: The Secret Language Code Psychologist James Pennebaker reveals the hidden meaning of pronouns … Much to my surprise, I soon discovered that the ways people used pronouns in their essays predicted whose health would improve the most. Specifically, those people who benefited the most from writing changed in their pronoun use from one…
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Technology and Inequality
Project Syndicate: Technology and Inequality … There is no doubt that income inequality is the single biggest threat to social stability around the world, whether it is in the United States, the European periphery, or China. Yet it is easy to forget that market forces, if allowed to play out, might eventually exert a stabilizing…
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Drain or gain?
Economist: Drain or gain? Poor countries can end up benefiting when their brightest citizens emigrate … Lots of studies have found that well-educated people from developing countries are particularly likely to emigrate. By some estimates, two-thirds of highly educated Cape Verdeans live outside the country. A big survey of Indian households carried out in 2004…
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A Decade Makes All the Difference (College Education)
New York Times Economix: A Decade Makes All the Difference Only 45% of college grads under 25 years old have a job that requires a college degree. That compares to 60% in 2000.
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E-Readers Fail At Education
Fast Company: E-Readers Fail At Education Is our desire for gadgetry getting ahead of what our brains actually need? … A recent University of Washington study interviewed 39 first-year graduate students in the university's Department of Computer Science & Engineering, which participated in a pilot study of Amazon's Kindle DX (a large-screen e-reader). By seven…