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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...study in a public library in a small town in the UK demonstrates (Smith, 2017). There, the researcher found that the children’s section of the library was designed as an extension of a school space. Support for children’s school work was the key aim of the space, as the librarians explained and as was evident from the presence of reading scheme books, educational...
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...studies have examined offender experiences, very little is known about the experiences of children; calls have been made to consider how parental imprisonment shapes the social experience of childhood and how support can alleviate some of the risk factors. Disrupted childhood Children are faced with significant challenges when a family member is in custody, such as...
Why do we feel happier in the spring?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do we feel happier in the spring?

...studies have shown that physical activity can help to improve our self-esteem, cognitive function (memory, decision making, etc.), mood, and quality of life (Mahindru et al., 2023). All of which help to make us feel happier. So, there are many interconnected factors which explain why we feel happier, more energetic and sociable in spring, many of which are related to the...
A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. An attempt will be made to find how to make machines use language, form abstractions and concepts, solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans, and improve...
The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...study physics further at A Level. Teachers spend considerable time trying to make physics more enjoyable for the students by doing experiments, demonstrations and fun activities. However, fun can be difficult to control. What the teacher thinks will be fun, is not always what students find fun. Additionally, students frequently fail to extract the scientific principle...
What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...Studies in the US (see Bell, 1992 and Crenshaw, 1995) to examine how national legislation expanding civil rights in the US post-Civil Rights Era (1950s and 1960s) did little to improve the material and social lives of Black Americans and other non-White racial and ethnic groups, as well as slow or limited change in social and economic conditions for the LGBTQI communities...
Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...studying on her bed] A good learning experience is influenced by a racialised learning environment in which diversity is celebrated and difference is acknowledged. However, a learning environment is not always immune from racially driven learning dialogues as is evident in recent black lives matter mass events in the UK universities (for instance at The Open University in...
60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...studied are often rare, with only a handful of confirmed examples available for training. Fortunately, all is not lost! In recent years, researchers have found ways to train AIs, even when very few training data are available. One option for helping machines to learn is to let humans teach them. Citizen science experiments enable large crowds of human volunteers to...