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- Again: gender and cultural bias exists against teachers at university level
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- A short video on surveys: Why do respondents’ answers sometimes differ by mode? (e.g. phone vs online)
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- A longer piece on the taxonomy of Bloom
- The most important element to be successful? Sheer luck.
- So you want to compare educational systems from different countries? Where to start?
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- This is the blog of Pedro De Bruyckere (1974), an educational scientist. He co-wrote different books in which he debunks popular myths on GenY, GenZ, education and pop culture. Pedro is an often asked public speaker, one of his strongest points is that he is funny in explaining serious stuff.
