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Many people think that music teaching improves children's learning of language and mathematics, but there is little hard evidence to support this belief. Professor Frede V. Nielsen presents his arguments for why the Mozart-effect may be a myth after…

We live in a democratic knowledge society, but there is still room for improvement. According to associate professor Anne-Marie Eggert Olsen from the Department of Educational Philosophy, life would be easier if democracy played a reduced role and…

Those who bully and their victims get all the attention, but the quiet acceptance from the witnesses is a requirement for bullying to take place at all. In that light, it makes sense to consider bullying a social rather than individual problem,…

An increasing number of university students allow themselves to be tempted by the rapidly growing amount of knowledge available on the Internet, and stoop to copying others' work for their own university papers. The problem is manifest in the United…

Professor Dietrich Benner from the Humboldt University of Berlin believes that Humboldt's notions of Bildung and autonomous research are still valid today. He also, however, believes that we have to distinguish between various types of knowledge and…

Forfatteren til "How Computer Games Help Children Learn" gæstede i den forløbne uge Danmark. Se en optagelse af hans forelæsning på DPU d. 7. juni.

As of 1 June 2007, the Danish University of Education is now a part of the University of Aarhus.

De pædagogiske institutioner har til opgave at virkeliggøre målene i statens uddannelses- og opdragelsesbestræbelser. Men ny bog viser, at forestillingerne om, hvad samfund og uddannelse bør være, konstant forandrer sig.

Antallet af naturskoler og andre formidlingstilbud til skoler er steget i de sidste 20 år og tilbuddene er populære. Men udflugten skal bruges i undervisningen, ellers er det ikke sikkert, at børnene lærer noget af det.