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| Author: Alexa | 10 April 2009 | Views: 227 |
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The key to Australian ancient history under water?
Author: David Nutley, Department for Environment & Heritage, Australia
Source: The UNESCO Courier 2009 - number 1
As the world’s largest island and smallest continent, Australia is relatively isolated. For tens of thousands of years Aboriginal Australians developed distinct cultures in relative stability. Major wars, invasions, mass migrations and cultural upheavals bypassed this land – at least until the 18th century.
When European explorers began arriving on Australian shores in the 1600s they attempted to describe Aboriginal Australians; this continued during the colonisation of Australia from 1788. But Aboriginal languages, artistic representations of their reality and Aboriginal relationship to the land meant nothing to the new arrivals. The cultures were so different that European descriptions were, for the most part, vague, misleading or inaccurate. Although the accounts are valuable references, we cannot depend on them. |
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| Author: Alexa | 9 April 2009 | Views: 245 |
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Social skills, extracurricular activities in high school pay off later in life By: Phil Ciciora
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It turns out that being voted "Most likely to succeed" in high school might actually be a good predictor of one's financial and educational success later in life.
According to a University of Illinois professor who studies the sociology of education, high school sophomores who were rated by their teachers as having good social skills and work habits, and who participated in extracurricular activities in high school, made more money and completed higher levels of education 10 years later than their classmates who had similar standardized test scores but were less socially adroit and participated in fewer extracurricular activities. |
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| Author: Alexa | 9 April 2009 | Views: 498 |
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Indoor plants can reduce formaldehyde levelsBy: Michael W. Neff
American Society for Horticultural Science
Air quality improves when live plants introduced
SEOUL, KOREA—The toxic gas formaldehyde is contained in building materials including carpeting, curtains, plywood, and adhesives. As it is emitted from these sources, it deteriorates the air quality, which can lead to "multiple chemical sensitivity" and "sick building syndrome", medical conditions with symptoms such as allergies, asthma, and headaches. The prevalence of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOC) is greater in new construction. |
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| Author: Alexa | 9 April 2009 | Views: 476 |
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Alternative teacher certification programs do not meet expectationsMore focus should be spent on teacher development and support
By: Jeffrey Beeson
University of Missouri-Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – What began in the 1980s as a possible way to relieve teacher shortages and improve instructional quality in areas such as mathematics and science, alternative teacher certification programs (ATCP) have become a widespread strategy used in almost every state. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers have found that ATCPs, which are designed to allow industry professionals to become certified teachers, may not be meeting initial expectations and some experience in a learning profession seems to predict better teaching in schools. |
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| Author: Alexa | 8 April 2009 | Views: 323 |
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Illiteracy: impossible to hide
Source: UNESCO
According to the latest UNESCO global report on education, more and more people know how to read and write, but 776 million adults are still illiterate. This phenomenon affects industrialized countries, where a minority of the population faces daily difficulties.
Someone in the street, on public transport or in a shopping centre, asks for directions, although everything is clearly indicated on signs. He or she seems absent-minded, very tired, or exasperated by contradictory information. Sometimes those asked for information think nothing of it. Other times, they understand: this person does not know how to read, and is making an incredible effort to hide it.
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