My earlier pupils and collaborators are starting to manage a scientific meeting for my 60th birthday to be held about a calendar year from now. Their gesture reminded me of Rabbi Hanina’s words: “I have acquired considerably from my instructors, far more from my colleagues, and the most from my […]
Month: April 2021
Watch Blood Cells Stream around an Air Bubble–It’s Very Soothing.
Streaming throughout your display are blood cells donated by the videographer himself: Martin Kaae Kristiansen, a self-described “microscopy enthusiast” driving the My Microscopic World task. Kristiansen, a previous biomedical researcher, makes use of his own microscope to doc the tiniest examples of everyday living wriggling close to us. His YouTube, […]
Readers Respond to the December 2020 Issue
LEGACY OF LAUGHTER Every person is hoping that 2021 proves to be a better yr than 2020. But some of the most depressing information I have witnessed was Steve Mirsky’s announcement of the end of his Anti Gravity column in “The Authentic Deal.” In my impression, Anti Gravity was the […]
New shadow professionals and infrastructures around the datafied school: Topological thinking as an analytical device
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Teachers with so-called migration background and the question of recognition: Experiences of fragility and hidden pedagogical potentials
Introduction In Switzerland, it has for a long time been very uncommon to find teachers with a family origin beyond national borders (Mantel, 2017). However, with increasing mobility and migration during the last decades – particularly within Europe – the number of teachers with so-called migration background has grown. Currently, […]
The complexity of professional integration: An investigation of newly arrived teachers’ initial process of establishing themselves as teachers in Sweden
Introduction Currently, the labour integration of newly arrived immigrants is given high priority in countries throughout Europe hosting large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers. The unexpectedly large numbers of refugees, primarily from Syria, arrived in 2015 prompting host countries to establish labour integration measures for those that were granted […]
From self-evident norms to contingent couplings: A systems-theoretical analysis of changes in the relationship between schools and the function systems in Denmark
Albertsen, K, Jeppesen, D, Hvenegaard, H (2012) Samarbejde om kerneopgaven. In: Weiss, K (eds) Sund Ledelse. Copenhagen: Danish Society for leadership in the healthcare sector, 84–98. Google Scholar Andersen, NÅ (1995) Selvskabt forvaltning, Forvaltningspolitikkens og centralforvaltningens udvikling i Danmark 1900–1994. Frederiksberg: Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne. Google Scholar Andersen, NÅ (2003) Polyphonic […]
‘What is this ISIS all about?’ Addressing violent extremism with students: Finnish educators’ perspectives
Introduction Over the last two decades, countering terrorism and violent extremism has become a major policy issue across Europe. Policies and measures introduced to prevent attacks have not only intensified, but their scope has also become significantly broader (De Goede, 2008; Lehto, 2008; Malkki, 2016). Related to these developments, governments […]
Key Leaders of the Nobel Prize Summit “Our Planet, Our Future” Stress Urgency for Action, International Collaboration
On the heels of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, the to start with Nobel Prize Summit “Our World, Our Future” will provide alongside one another Nobel Prize laureates and other esteemed leaders in the sciences, coverage, business, the youth movement, and the arts to examine steps that can be […]
U.S. Should Make Monitoring and Detecting Nuclear Threats a Higher National Priority by Ensuring Coordination Across Federal Agencies and Expanding Research Efforts
To tackle enduring and evolving nuclear threats, the U.S. demands a bigger prioritized and extra built-in method for monitoring, detecting, and verifying nuclear test explosions, nuclear weapon stockpiles, and the production of fissile materials, states a new report from the Countrywide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medication.
New Rapid Expert Consultation Shares Insights from Social Science on Communicating COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Equity
As COVID-19 vaccinations carry on and speed up across the U.S., a new immediate professional consultation from the Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Drugs provides information for choice-makers speaking to the public about vaccine efficacy, success, and fairness — drawing on findings from social and behavioral science.