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De nye PISA-målinger viser et bekymrende fald i danske skoleelevers matematikkompetencer. En del af løsningen kan være toårige forskningsbaserede og praksisrettede kompetenceudviklingsforløb for matematiklærere og -vejledere på alle grundskoler,…

Hvad sker der, når loven om pædagogiske læreplaner i dagtilbud møder hverdagen i institutionerne? Forfatterne til en ny bog viser hvordan lovens indhold realiseres i et netværk af mange forskellige aktører, der alle er med til at definere indholdet…

Børn af udviklingshæmmede mødre har vanskelige vilkår i barndommen. Alligevel klarer de sig rimelig godt som unge voksne.

Ansøgningsfrist: 15. juni 2007

Freedom is more than a philosophical notion, it is our reality. We can change jobs, wardrobe, significant other, or whatever else we might like to change. Does this make us happy, then? No, according to a philosopher and a sociologist, who point out…

Recent research from a Danish penal institution seems to indicate that re-socialisation is, after all, possible. The key issue is what you learn, and most importantly unlearn while you are serving time.

What is a good academic paper? Ask this in Stockholm, London and Cape Town, and you will get at least three different answers. And yet university teachers insist that they know the proper, i.e. traditional, way to write a paper. While new…

You can't have a sustainable organisation unless you have employees that are environmentally committed. Pedagogics can help them learn, according to two DPU-researchers.

'What shall we do with the waste?' the teacher asks. 'We – shall – recycle!' the class roars. Environmental education in Thailand does not always adhere to the latest pedagogical discoveries, but Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD for…

Schools and pedagogics play a key role for sustainable development, but merely teaching the pupils to turn off the water and ride a bike to school isn't going to cut it. ESD is a formative project aimed to change the way future generations will think…

Attempts to include citizens in environmental work in a democratic way have met with little success. One important reason is that conflicts of interest and global perspectives have been neglected by professional organisers of citizen inclusion. These…