WHAT OF CHEMISTRY SHALL BE TAUGHT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW SHALL IT BE MOST EFFECTIVELY TAUGHT?

When and how shall tones be taught in Chinese learning?

Chinese is one of the tonal languages. It has 4 syllabo-morphemic contour tones. Many CSL learners and teachers take tones as the most difficult part in mastering pronunciation. Traditionally, teachers tend to emphasize the initial-final-tone or vowel-consonant-tone orders in teaching. However, in my opinion, tones should be clearly and fully taught from the very beginning. In brief, I call it ...

Empathy - can it be taught?

There is now a societal and cultural expectation that doctors and nurses should feel, and display, empathy for their patients. Many commentators argue that medical and nursing students should be taught empathy. Empathy, however, is difficult to define: it is not the same as kindness, as it implies a degree of psychological insight into what the patient is thinking or feeling. Empathy is seen by...

How the Constitution Shall Not Be Construed

Should Happiness Be Taught in School?

Within positive psychology, the concept of well-being (happiness) represents the main criteria for positive functioning and is generally considered the goal in life to be promoted. Research in this field is providing very strong evidence that happiness brings highly desirable life benefits, such as better health and longer life, successful relationships and better work performance. The most imp...

Why, how and what should be taught about Formal Methods?

I started to teach formal methods (FM) in an undergraduate, mandatory course of a Computer Science degree at Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) in 1998. After all these years I still have more questions than answers. In particular, I still can’t find satisfactory answers to questions I asked to myself back in 1998. However, at the same time, I still believe that I am doing the right th...