This is a very important question. If we can figure out the relationship between intelligence and language, we can connect language and learning. Putting it another way, did humans take bigger leaps of progress with the invention of language? Yes, we did and all the evidences point towards it. We did not have any real […]
Google’s computers OUTWIT their humans Google no longer understands how its ‘deep learning’, decision-making computer systems have made themselves so good at recognising things in photos. This means that the Internet giant may need fewer experts in the future as it can instead rely on its semi-autonomous, semi-smart machines to solve problems all on their […]
At the outset, it must be acknowledged that we do not really know enough about reading except that it is a deeply neurological process, making great demands on the brain. Transformations due to extensive reading have been observed in the parts of brain that support the emergence of reading skill(s); reading is also linked to […]
This is a pivotal question in the book; the best question to start the journey of ‘discovering education’. It captures the all-important exploration that propelled us to conceptualise Education – 3.0!One of the most disruptive social changes in the past decade has been the ‘loss of grace of gray hairs’. All too sudden, age seems […]
No. And that is the problem! The definition of quality in education must change, but it has not. There is no ever-enduring standard of quality in any sphere of life and nature e.g. even after 100 years of existence (and experience), the definition of a luxury car changes every year; quality of education should be […]
The future of biosciences: four scenarios for 2020 and beyond -Paul Schoemaker and Michael Tomczyk In the coming years, the convergence of genomics, proteomics, stem cell research, regenerative medicine, bioinformatics, nanotechnology and other life science technologies will pose significant opportunities and challenges in every sector of society. Remarkable achievements in molecular science and other areas […]
The biggest evolutionary advantage of humans, against the mightiest of other animals and nature, lies in the ‘completely lay and clueless’ children born to humans. They could be adapted to all kinds of conditions to survive and thrive as they are not genetically coded with even basic survival skills; for human children it is all […]
The current school system was mass-scaled in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrial economy. An instrument of the fast-expanding industrial society of theearly 19th century, schools could not escape being built on the new-found principles of industrial organisation. We cannot really understand the schools of today if we do notstart with the […]
You may be totally surprised by our assertion that the schools are not under-delivering! Schools, as we see them today, were the social invention of a fast industrializingwestern society to ‘mass-produce’ ‘adequately literate and numerate’ industrial workers out its largely agricultural populace.To top it, the above goal was made ‘assuredly achievable’ by ‘not really working […]
Perhaps the greatest of illusions about schools is that the institution was launched by a group of kindly men and women who wanted to help the children of ordinary families, to level the playing field for all. Unfortunately, the origin and genesis of the school education system is not all that altruistic, even if we […]
