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Sugata Mitra’s educational experiment: schools in the cloud

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Stephen Blendell

In 1999 Sugata Mitra who worked for an educational technology company in India, experimented with children’s capacity for self-education. He put a computer on a wall of the building, where he worked, facing a poor slum where the children were … Continue reading →

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OECD’s PISA international league tables

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Stephen Blendell

PISA, the  OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment, according to the Irish Times shows some “improvement” in the Irish performance in the OECD league table of international assessment but have we improved or is it that others have disimproved? We have improved while … Continue reading →

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How to stop bullying

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Stephen Blendell

Bullying has become a big issue in recent years especially very recently, so much so that the concept is in danger of losing its meaning. The media are getting great mileage out of it to the point one academic, Peter … Continue reading →

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