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Enhancing Japanese elementary and junior high-school foreign language education
Our ongoing research, fuelled by last year’s research grant, delves into the theme of “Evaluation of Foreign Language Education Fostering Children’s Thinking, Judgment, Expressiveness and Autonomous Attitude in the Digital Age”.
Opinion: Do universities help or hurt innovation?
Do Universities help or hurt innovation? Find out in this 25-year academic entrepreneur’s anecdotal perspective of starting companies and developing implants. Thomas J. Webster shares his opinion here.
Sensory roles in reading skills: The print-to-speech model
While it is easy to recognise the necessary role that vision plays in reading, it is important to know that many other senses contribute to the acquisition, refinement and maintenance of reading skills including sound, touch and motor coordination, to name just a few.
Responsible and ethical conduct of research: Principles to uphold
Greg M. Swain, Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University, emphasizes the importance of responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) in scientific progress.
Bridging realities: Dr. James Hutson on XR, GenAI, and gamification
The work of James Hutson, Lead XR Disruptor, Department Head at Lindenwood University, concerning bridging realities is placed under the spotlight
Accessing childcare: Parents’ logistical challenges and gender equality
Prof Ingela Naumann from the University of Fribourg, explains why reducing parents' logistical challenges in coordinating work and childcare matters for gender equality.
School-to-work transitions for egypt’s youth
Ragui Assaad from Humphrey School of Public Affairs, at the University of Minnesota, argues that structural reforms result in increasingly difficult and unequal school-to-work transitions for Egypt’s youth.
Teaching and assessing literacy using a balanced approach: Effects of can-do self-assessment on early...
Following the January and July 2023 issues, Emiko Izumi from the School of Education & Graduate School of Education at Kwansei Gakuin University discusses the content and results of her collaborative research on the teaching and assessment of reading and writing for early English as foreign language (EFL) learners in Japan.
Transforming integrative maker education for STEM: Empowering pre-service teachers
Dr Ginny Chambers and Dr Kamryn York from Point Park University tell us about a project aimed at enhancing integrative maker education through the training of pre-service teachers, focusing on elementary education.
Fostering fundamental computational skills, a global challenge
Koji Watanabe, Professor from Miyazaki International University in Japan, argues that fostering fundamental computational skills is a global challenge.
The research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program
Greg M. Swain, hailing from the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University, examines cross-disciplinary training in sustainable chemistry and chemical processes, including the critical role of mentoring and finding research experiences for undergraduates.
Humanities and the arts: Pioneering SHAPE in Schools, a human world focus
Julia Black, Claire Gorrara, Lucy Jenkins, and Tallulah Holley (1), take a detailed look at the vital role of pioneering SHAPE in schools, that is, subjects that share a human world focus like humanities and the arts.
Understanding empathetic design principles in engineering courses
Marcia Friesen, Dean at the Price Faculty of Engineering, the University of Manitoba, Canada, explores what empathic design principles in engineering courses can look like with advanced social justice.
Fostering self-regulated learners through child-centred evaluation activities
Emiko Izumi, PhD from Kwansei Gakuin University, discusses child-centred evaluation activities, including enhancing thinking, judgment and expression skills.
Bringing history to the surface: How do historical investigations affect the ways we view...
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dr Liza Gijanto, outlines how archaeological and historical investigations are vital in revealing important insights into society’s past.
Vestas Aircoil: Key insights from successfully bridging the gap between academia and industry
Open Access Government engages in a conversation with Kevin Jose, a recently graduated PhD student who concluded his research and successfully defended his thesis at the University of Southampton. In this interview, Kevin shares his insights on transitioning from academia to industry.
Does England have a bias against ethnic minority teachers?
85% of teachers in England are White British, and 46% of schools have no racially diverse teachers at all. Does this mean England has a bias against ethnic minority teachers? Beng Huat See from Durham Evidence Centre for Education explores.
Inspiring STEM education focused on solutions
Nancy Butler Songer, from the University of Utah, makes a call for collective action to create a new curriculum focused on the design of solutions.
DEUSTO 6i: Helping young researchers access doctoral training
Through its two Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND projects, DEUSTO is providing up to 35 doctoral training fellowships between 2016 and 2025 to attract excellent doctoral candidates from all over the world.
Furthering elementary English education in Japan
Developing task design and evaluation to foster students’ competence and autonomy in elementary English education in Japan: Focusing on Can-Do and Performance Assessments.
