Education

Why do students partake in bilingual education?

Paper

Michael Vu

23/01/2019

13 minutes to read

While bilingual education in the Netherlands has been a self-declared success story, this article examines why both students and teachers want to be in it.

Why biometric data is not safe anymore

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

16/11/2018

7 minutes to read

Biometric data plays a huge role in our everyday lives. We use it to unlock our phones, for bank payments, memberships and travelling. But do we ever think about risks connected to our biometric privacy?

Orbán’s war against critical thinking. Or Why I Stand With CEU

Column

Inge van de Ven

12/11/2018

7 minutes to read

In Hungary, Viktor Orbán is winning his war against academia and critical thinking. The least we can do is, sign the petition to keep CEU in Budapest.

Freedom Writers: A Story of a Mini Holocaust (Richard LaGravenese)

Review

Mariosé Bergsteijn

24/10/2018

5 minutes to read

"How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them". A review on problems of poverty and ethnic diversity in the classroom.

The Rise of MOOCs: Can Online Distance Learning Replace Traditional Education?

Paper

Jan Dijsselbloem

11/04/2018

13 minutes to read

In recent years, MOOCs have become increasingly more popular. Distance learning at top universities has never been so accessible, but one could wonder about its effectiveness looking at the drop-out rates and students' grades.

The inscription on the wall says "for an education that helps us think instead of teaching us to obey."

Neutrality in the public education system: does it exist?

Column

Daniela Meireles

16/06/2017

9 minutes to read

A social movement in Brazil accuses teachers of public institutions of imposing their political beliefs on students, and defends that schools should be ideologically neutral environments. However, is neutrality in education possible?

"I'm leaving school to make videos"

Column

Nilsa Farias

02/04/2017

3 minutes to read

A facebook video goes viral after a 16 year old girl from Mexico announces that she has taken the 'conscious decision' of leaving school. Are social media really facilitating learning?

Kinderen, onderwijs en meertaligheid: de verantwoordelijkheid van minister Crevits

Column

Ico Maly

06/03/2017

3 minutes to read

De communicatie van minister van Onderwijs Crevits legt de verantwoordelijkheid van een falend onderwijsbeleid in de schoot van een bepaalde groep in onze samenleving: ‘de allochtone ouder’, zegt Ico Maly.