Analogies, to clarify, to convince and to (mis)understand
Very useful for attracting attention and making ideas, abstractions and technical explanations concrete, the analogy is a very effective tool for persuasion and clarification. Analogy is also a great way to get us to accept poorly constructed ideas and reasoning.
What the summer atmosphere brings us... more than ideas
Are you ready to really pick up the phone this summer? We hope so! Because every space is educational and the one that summer brings us is particularly so. The reason is none other than the winning formula of combining fun and playfulness, able to consolidate new information in a learning process in record time when otherwise, in another time of the year, they would have required much more.
Learning without pain, but not without effort
Two seemingly incompatible truths coexist in the psychology of learning: effort is a necessity for lasting learning, yet pleasure is the fuel of perseverance. So how can effort and pleasure be reconciled? Both the teacher and the learner are concerned...
Case studies as a teaching strategy in higher education
How case studies can be used in active teaching to develop students' skills.
The construction of citizenship in the schools of the Republic [Dissertation].
Establishing rules in the classroom by drawing parallels with those of society prepares students for their future life as citizens.