A myriad of new nations and non-public firms are getting in on the quest to mail people to orbit Credit: Katie Peek Ad We are entering a new period in sending folks over and above Earth. Right after the Apollo moon software, U.S. house shuttles and Russian Soyuz flights had […]
Day: June 14, 2021
Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Come in Two Distinct Flavors
A radio telescope in Canada has detected 535 fast radio bursts, quadrupling the recognised tally of these temporary, remarkably energetic phenomena in just one go. The lengthy-awaited benefits display that these enigmatic occasions occur in two distinct types—most bursts are 1-off events, with a minority repeating periodically and long lasting […]
From real to virtual mobility: Erasmus students’ transition to online learning amid the COVID-19 crisis
Aguaded Gómez, JI, Pozo Vicente, C (2011) Communicative competences and the use of ICT for foreign language learning within the European student exchange programme ERASMUS. European Educational Research Journal 10(1): 83–101. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals Ballatore, M, Ferede, MK (2013) The Erasmus programme in France, Italy and the United […]
Troubled schools in troubled times: How COVID-19 affects educational inequalities and what measures can be taken
Introduction In March 2020, countries all over the world ordered schools to close in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, leaving students, teachers and parents in a state of uncertainty. While efforts were made to immediately adapt to distance learning, a broad consensus soon suggested that most disadvantaged […]
The risks of standardised school building design: Beyond aligning the parts of a learning environment
Introduction Change and innovation in education require practitioners to reimagine the status quo and envisage news ways of working that are potentially ‘problematic, disruptive and challenging’ (Morrison and Kedian, 2017: 1) and are necessarily risky. In this article we argue that risks are always present in the reinvention of schooling […]
Is small beautiful? A scoping review of 21st-century research on small rural schools in Europe
Introduction According to Eurostat (2020), in total, just over a quarter (28{0841e0d75c8d746db04d650b1305ad3fcafc778b501ea82c6d7687ee4903b11a}) of the population across 28 European countries live in what can be designated a rural area. These areas, however, vary markedly in socio-economic, geographical and educational terms. For example, while rural areas close to urban centres are likely […]