Škola je kul

B92 Blog by Jelica Greganović - »Škola je kul«, obratio nam se sinoć slovenački predsednik, dodavši i da mu treba verovati pre no što se stigne u njegove godine. Ja nisam još u njegovim godinama ali mu verujem na reč i podržavam je frenetično, iz dna izmučene, roditeljske duše.

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Iraq on film - Waiting for John Wayne

Economist - American audiences have been staying at home, not tempted by films about an unpopular war. Perhaps the emergence of a new hero may do the trick

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A word in your ear: keep it slow and simple

Financial Times - How many words would a non-native speaker need to understand a simplified form of English? Several people have investigated this over the years and have come up with a similar answer: fewer than 1,000. One of the pioneers of simplified language, Charles Kay Ogden, devised what he called Basic [...]

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The obsession with results harms children’s education

Independent - A report by the think-tank Civitas is the latest study to suggest a growing number of schools are “gaming” the exam system in order to flatter their performance in Government-published statistics.

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High-Aptitude Minds: The Neurological Roots of Genius

Scientific American - In humans, brain size correlates, albeit somewhat weakly, with intelligence, at least when researchers control for a person’s sex (male brains are bigger) and age (older brains are smaller). Many modern studies have linked a larger brain, as measured by magnetic resonance imaging, to higher intellect, with total brain [...]

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The Marathon Man of Pop

NY Times - Four decades into a career as the sequined king of soft rock, celebrated in his 1970s peak as much for his rakish growl and helmet of wavy hair as for hits like “Sweet Caroline” and “Song Sung Blue,” Neil Diamond is enjoying something of a career renaissance.

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Izvori nejednakosti u obrazovanju

H-Alter - Istraživanja su pokazala kako sudjelovanje u predškolskom obrazovanju ima snažan pozitivan utjecaj na obrazovno postignuće, pozitivan utjecaj na ostanak pojedinaca u obrazovnom sustavu nakon obaveznog školovanja te na kasnije sudjelovanje u programima cjeloživotnog obrazovanja. Također se pokazalo da predškolsko obrazovanje može značajno umanjiti djelovanje razlika u obiteljskom porijeklu i socioekonomskom statusu.

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