The Hole in the Wall experiment, carried out in the slums of India by education professor Sugata Mitra in 1999, suggested that children, without direction, will seek out new knowledge. More than 15 years on, primary school teacher Sarah Leonard explains why she embraces his approachThe post Urging students to teach themselves appeared first on Positive News.
We met students from around the world who attend ‘positive education’ institutions. Their thoughts capture how the model could rewrite the rules around learningThe post 5 things you might not expect schoolchildren to say (but these ones do) appeared first on Positive News.
From India to the Netherlands, 3 schools and colleges where learning is not about academic achievement aloneThe post 3 places sparking change through ‘positive education’ appeared first on Positive News.
Over the past 16 years, the number of children diagnosed with cancer in the U.K. has shot up 40%, a new study shows; and experts are warning of a cancer “epidemic.”
The reason? Modern life is making people sick.
Nineteen-year-old Sonita Alizadeh was just 10 and an Afghan refugee in Iran when her parents first tried to sell her into marriage. Now, through defiantly eloquent rap music, she protests against the practice of child bridesThe post The teen who escaped child marriage by rapping about it appeared first on Positive News.
Great efforts have been made to get people to quit smoking, and to help them avoid starting. The Great American Smokeout, held every third Thursday in November to encourage people to give up tobacco, began in the 1970’s. Medications like Zyban, Wellbutrin, and Chantix were introduced to help would-be quitters fight their cravings. And in the 1990’s, toll-free quit lines were launched in every state. [1]
Eleanor Ross discovers there is far more to the Canadian Arctic than conventionally thought or reportedThe post Poles apart: journeying into the Arctic appeared first on Positive News.
Hundreds of children in Benin have been freed in a significant victory against the damaging voodoo ‘convents’ in the country.The post Benin children freed from captivity appeared first on Positive News.
Working-class young people living outside of London have been overlooked in Brexit conversations. Empowering them could help shape the ‘new’ Britain, says youth charity worker Roxy LeganeThe post Listening beyond London post-Brexit appeared first on Positive News.
A new study has shown that pomegranates may actually be able to help slow down the aging process. The superfood fruit can prompt cells to recycle and rebuild themselves, increasing endurance and slowing down aging.
