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Powerful Tools for Learning a Language - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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    aplicaciones para aprender en movimiento
Luciano Ferrer

What's Wrong With Latin American Early Education - 0 views

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    "Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."
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    "Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."
lacolectiva lab

The Campus Tsunami - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Algunas de las mejores univesridades Americanas empiezan a apostar por los cursos gratuitos online de calidad, esto pude suponer un importante cambio en el sector educativo superior. Interesante artículo.
anonymous

Generation Facebook - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    interesante artículo del NY times sobre el uso de facebook y como los jóvenes viven en las redes sociales, cuando los profesores piden aún el anacrónico email. Hace falta colaborar para aprender mejor, y el diálogo profesorado-alumnado debe empezar por aquí
Luciano Ferrer

France to End Disposal of $900 Million in Unsold Goods Each Year - 0 views

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    "France plans to outlaw the destruction of unsold consumer products, a practice that currently results in the disposal of new goods worth 800 million euros, or more than $900 million, in the country each year. By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said on Tuesday of the measure, which the government billed as the first of its kind. "It is waste that defies reason," Mr. Philippe said at a discount store in Paris, according to Agence France-Presse, and he called the practice "scandalous." Under a new measure that will be part of a bill set to be debated by the government in July, destroying unsold goods could result in financial penalties or prison time. The practice - widespread across the retail and consumer industry as a way to free up warehouse space or prevent unwanted items from being sold at a significant discount - has received bad press in France recently. ..."
Luciano Ferrer

Exploring the Solar System - The New York Times - 1 views

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    ¿Infografía? detallando diferentes misiones de investigación a puntos clave del sistema solar y sus objetivos
Luciano Ferrer

100 Images From Cassini's Mission to Saturn - 0 views

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    La astronave de la NASA, Cassini, se desintegró en la atmosfera de Saturno, luego de 20 años en el espacio. Algunas de las increíbles imágenes obtenidas (incluyendo el viaje final)
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