On the Agenda – Week 49, 2019
Take 1 –Education
In onderwijs, de laatste PISA-cijfers, lessen uit het onderwijs in Mississippi, de armste staat van de Verenigde Staten, en de geschiedenis van studentenprotesten in Pakistan.
PISA 2018 results now available: Get the full package ➡ https://t.co/yxx9nzP35R | Programme for International #Student Assessment #OECDPISA #SDG4 pic.twitter.com/PIjbkEfxA3
— OECD Education (@OECDEduSkills) December 3, 2019
China is No. 1 on PISA — but here’s why its test scores are hard to believe. https://t.co/MeIYwoTb0h
— Valerie Strauss (@valeriestrauss) December 5, 2019
Mississippi is the poorest state in the US and was once the worst for kid’s reading. Not any more because they adopted phonics and decoding strategies in teaching. Lessons for Australia? #pisa @buckingham_j https://t.co/X1qtJ9gwl4
— Tim Dodd (@TimDoddEDU) December 6, 2019
Ameen Amjad Khan looks at the history of banned student unions in Pakistan as students demonstrate for their restoration, leading to arrests, sedition charges and university expulsions https://t.co/Ps1pe4Av02 #Pakistanprotests
— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) December 6, 2019
Take 2 –Research
In wetenschap deze week de deplorabele staat van de academie in de Arabische wereld, waar negen op de tien wetenschappers overweegt te vertrekken. Het belang van de terminologie in wetenschapsfinanciering en angstcultuur op een universiteit in de VS waar het onderzoek over klimaatverandering dreigt te worden weggemoffeld.
Nine out of 10 academics in Arab world ‘want to emigrate’ – survey respondents cite concern over lack of funding, difficulty of international travel and bureaucracy https://t.co/T05IJ9XMJR pic.twitter.com/8ZsQR0cAQb
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) December 6, 2019
“The point of this work was to improve surveillance capabilities on all Tibetans and Uighurs,” said Jack Poulson, a former Google research scientist https://t.co/2QvCW3Hxor
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) December 5, 2019
“World class”? “High impact?” ???? https://t.co/uGUFS3w0JH
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) December 5, 2019
Budget cuts and climate-change denial among state legislators have created a fearful atmosphere at Iowa, where some say it seems as if the institution’s work on climate change is being buried. https://t.co/fWwLgibRj5
— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) December 6, 2019
Take 3 – Poland
Alles over Polen dat plannen heeft om extra te investeren in wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
#Polish Plan for #Research Excellence: https://t.co/NgopAOlqmZ
— AATSEEL (@AATSEEL_Tweets) December 5, 2019
Poland’s ruling party comes under attack from both flanks https://t.co/PKfMhcStl3
— Financial Times (@FT) December 4, 2019
Despite the nerves about moving to study in a different country, Polish student Weronika Denes believes that studying in the UK was worth it https://t.co/2ANujLEOS7 pic.twitter.com/UXlhS9wQQs
— Times Higher Student (@THEUniAdvice) December 4, 2019
Poland’s top court attacks ruling party over legal reform https://t.co/6Y96rlr1Bs
— Financial Times (@FT) December 5, 2019
