Barbara Braams (VU): The big Hoe?Zo! Show questions book a book to involve children in science and teach them scientific skills
Children are naturally curious and ask a lot of questions. ‘Why do fish have scales and people don’t?’ ‘Why is it warm during summer and cold during winter?’ Unfortunately, not all children grow up in an environment where this curiosity is fostered. The big Hoe?Zo! Show questions book aims to provide every primary school in the Netherlands with 50 most inspiring questions asked by real children. The book uses these questions to teach children about the scientific cycle and the excitement of discovery. The big Hoe?Zo! Show questions book raises more questions than it answers, and helps nurture a generation that embraces curiosity and never stops asking, “Hoe? Zo!”?
Sara Geven (UvA): On track: a scientifically-informed ability tracking procedure to enhance equal learning opportunities Students in the Netherlands are allocated to different educational tracks at the age of twelve based on their teacher’s recommendation. Studies show students from disadvantaged backgrounds receive less ambitious track recommendations. Even within the same school, teachers use different tracking […]
Youssef El Bouhassani (HvA): Modular content as a necessary condition for unlocking the potential of algorithms in personalised education The promise of AI to reduce the workload of teachers and create equal opportunities for students is not here yet. The methodology and tools to create modular content, allows both teachers and algorithms to provide personalized […]
Emitzá Guzmán (VU): The Best Ends by the Best Means: Bringing Ethics into Software Computer software is full of ethical problems. It manipulates voters, discriminates by people’s gender, race or social standing, raises enormous privacy problems and is often designed to be highly addictive. Very slowly, Parliaments and Congresses around the world are catching up […]