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The Cloud with the silver haired lining – learning with ‘granny’
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You may have heard the story of the Indian slum children who taught themselves how to use computers when someone embedded a computer in his Delhi office wall for them. It proved so successful that all around the world the same experiment was repeated and each time, children taught themselves complex tasks easily – with little supervision. But, and here is an even more interesting fact. |
Last Updated (Monday, 23 August 2010 07:52)
Parent influence is the key to school success
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The enduring influence of the effect of parent engagement on the successful education of their children comes over loud and clear in a new book based on more than ten years of research on children from the age of three. A child’s background emerges as roughly twice as important as the pre-school or primary school they attend in how they do at school and how they develop socially |
Last Updated (Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:55)
Use it or lose it this summer
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The long school break is upon us. Throughout the world the school uniforms and school bags are being put away, family schedules are that bit more relaxed, suitcases are being packed for the family holidays and kids activity courses of all kinds are booming."But for some children, the next time they will do any stimulating learning will be when the schools reopen in the late August and early September,and their parents will have missed a golden opportunity to use the lazy hazy days of the long vacation |
Last Updated (Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:54)
