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Immigrants'children cause trouble and get scolded by teachers because that is the only option left to them. The way for them to win status and recognition lies in the school yard, not the classroom, according to recent research from the DPU.

A happiness-consultant offers to increase the psychological capital of stressed-out workers through positive thinking. Is that anything but a load of New-Age hot air brought in to cover up an unrealistic work load and poor management?

Is the happy brain also greedy? A group of brain researchers from Oxford and Aarhus universities examine the interplay between pleasure and desire in our emotional brains.

Education is not about providing positive descriptions of happy people who live the good life. The philosopher Per Jepsen argues that scepticism, a sceptical approach to authorities and even civil disobedience are pedagogical values that may help…

First, he coined the term 'Social constructionism'. Then he made the world relational. Now, Professor Kenneth J. Gergen aims to debunk the myth of the sadness of growing old, and replace it with a positive view on aging.

Psychologist Nikolaj Lunøe comments that education makes all of us better, but those with the most talent learn much more than the others. The smart ones win the right to self-realisation in the intelligence economy, and the less gifted lose out, no…

Nervepirrende pædagogik som herhjemme er udgivet på Akademisk Forlag og har Theresa Schilhad fra DPU som medredaktør, er udkommet på det norske forlag Kommuneforlaget.

Læring handler ikke kun om at høre efter, men også om at bruge kroppen og sanserne. Ny bog om alt det, der er at vinde ved at flytte skolen ud i skoven og lære af naturens sammenhænge.

Learning Lab Denmark på DPU har endnu engang produceret et computerunderstøttet spil til brug i undervisningen på landets skoler. Skoleelever i folkeskolens ældste klasser kan lære om energibesparelser og om fysik og matematik ved at spille…

Professor i børnelitteratur Torben Weinreich har ved en konference i Japan fået den fornemste akademiske pris inden for børnelitteraturforskning.