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CONFERENCE, 20-21 MARCH 2014, GRAZ

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The impact of classroom environment on academic achievement

by Isabelle Ortiz

Learning spaces and learner autonomy

Did you know that the classroom environment can help pupils’ academic performance rise by 25% over an academic year?

This is what the University of Salford (UK) and a firm of architects have found out. This pilot study has been able to correlate academic performance with learning environments. Read more

 

27 February 2014/Author: Anonym/Number of views (38024)/Comments (-)/ Article rating: 3.7
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Les MOOCs au service du plurilinguisme

by Isabelle Ortiz

Espaces d'apprentissage et autonomie de l'apprenant

This article refers to a programme aired on Radio France Culture in which the challenges of the MOOCs are presented in relation to language learning and the promotion of plurilingualism.  MOOCs may be another way to promote plurilingualism. Read more

 

27 February 2014/Author: Anonym/Number of views (18653)/Comments (-)/ Article rating: 3.4
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Do inclusive, plurilingual approaches contribute to better quality education?

by Frank Heyworth

Plurilingual education

The Language Policy Unit and the ECML of the Council of Europe seek to contribute to making an "education of quality" available to all. But what do we mean by quality? The title of the present programme of the ECML is "promoting inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural education" which implies that these approaches really do improve the quality of education for all. This raises the question : in what way? Read more

26 February 2014/Author: Christian Friedrich/Number of views (21481)/Comments (-)/ Article rating: 1.8
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