Teach a child about fish, and she may learn for a day. Ask a child to design a “fish ladder” to help the spawning creatures scale an energy-producing dam built to power a Disney theme park, and she ...

“What do I have to know this for?” a student may ask of a seemingly irrelevant school assignment. But with a problem-based learning approach, the answer to that question is clear. “Problem-based ...

Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...

Picture this: You’re back in the fourth grade. You whip out a freshly sharpened number two pencil as your teacher hands you a math exam. You look down at the page, and see a question: The average ...

High school students celebrate the completion of their newly constructed playground with students from the local primary school. Education experts at the University of South Australia are encouraging ...

As educators, our charge is to impart knowledge onto our students, open new doors for them, and encourage them to stretch beyond their comfort zones. We try to show them every day that they are ...

Here’s a quick exercise for those in education: What do the letters CBL stand for? For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have ...

The world of work is transforming at an unprecedented pace, with the prediction that 30% of the workforce will change careers annually in future. Consequently, the average citizen is likely to ...

At first glance, it may be tempting to assume that, when it comes to education, presenting students with more material in a ...

Education experts are encouraging schools to consider problem-based learning (PBL) in a move to improve engagement and creativity among high school students. New research demonstrates how hands-on, ...