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School starting age: the evidence
In England children now start formal schooling, and the formal teaching of literacy and numeracy at the age of four. A recent letter signed by around 130 early childhood education experts, including...
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Getting schooled in the ‘noise’: learning about learning using big data
According to the January 2013 School Census, 8.2 million boys and girls trudged back to 24,328 schools across England after the Christmas holidays. Some are immigrants, some royalty. Some are Catholic,...
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Project seeks nation’s most memorised poems to investigate power of poetry...
On this year’s National Poetry Day (2 October), themed ‘Remember!’, the University of Cambridge will launch the first nationwide survey to find the UK’s most memorised poems. The survey is part of a...
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How to tell a missile from a pylon: a tale of two cortices
Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified the two regions of the brain involved in these two tasks – picking out objects from background noise and identifying the specific objects...
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Creating music in classrooms using code teaches ‘risk-taking’ in next generation
A new model of creative education could revolutionise the teaching of both music and computing in and out of the classroom, fostering new ‘learning pathways’ that inspire the digital skills and...
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Lifelong learning and the plastic brain
When a group of experimental psychologists moved into their new lab space in Cambridge earlier this year, they took a somewhat unconventional approach to refurbishing their tea room: they had the walls...
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Practice really does make perfect
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Plymouth University have shown that follow-through – such as when swinging a golf club or tennis racket – can help us to learn two different skills at...
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Digital learning will be a focus for the University
The Learning and Teaching Strategy builds on the work that is already being done to ensure high quality teaching and learning throughout the University and introduces new areas of focus, including the...
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Funding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The award offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects. It aims to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for...
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Education and the brain: what happens when children learn?
Researchers looking at child development often use search-and-find tasks to look at the ways in which children apply what they are learning about the physical world. Tests carried out on toddlers...
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Pioneering teaching methods trialled across the University
Nine new projects are benefiting from the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund.They were selected following a call for bids at the end of last year by the Digital Teaching and Learning Sub-committee,...
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Opinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded...
For nearly 150 years, the concept of intelligence and its study have offered scientific ways of classifying people in terms of their “ability”. The drive to identify and quantify exceptional mental...
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Open meeting for administrative staff
New and innovative plans to enhance Cambridge’s already outstanding teaching and learning were laid out at last week’s open meeting for administrative staff.Speaking just before Friday’s historic...
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Harnessing digital technology to support teaching and learning
The ‘Lecture Capture’ pilot, which launches as part of a new Digital Education Strategy, will see staff from five departments using a variety of recording methods – including audio, video, and...
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Funding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The grants aim to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for creative or exploratory projects ineligible for other sources of funding. Bids should...
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Funding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The award offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects. It aims to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for...
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Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves
When a parent and infant interact, various aspects of their behaviour can synchronise, including their gaze, emotions and heartrate, but little is known about whether their brain activity also...
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Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools
The findings of the study, based on the Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher, help solve a debate about whether children learning to use tools are genuinely learning about physical causation or are...
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Funding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The award offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects. It aims to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for...
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Education and the brain: what happens when children learn?
Researchers looking at child development often use search-and-find tasks to look at the ways in which children apply what they are learning about the physical world. Tests carried out on toddlers...
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