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Ben Winter

Wear goggles when using Blu-Tack: the safety rules ruining education - Telegraph - 0 views

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shared by Ben Winter on 19 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Teachers are being handed five-page guides warning of the dangers of Pritt Stick, fuelling claims health and safety rules are ruining education.
  • Another told how a school banned them from using spray foam when marking out spaces in case a child slips and "drowns" in it.
  • More than four-in-10 said school trips had been toned down or cancelled because of safety concerns.
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  • A ban on children being sent out of the classroom to "cool off" because it is a fire hazard
  • The removal of climbing equipment because bark chippings beneath did not meet the required depth
  • Wet grass stopping PE lessons
  • Children told not to eat sweets for fear of choking
Ben Winter

Arts appear to play role in brain development -- baltimoresun.com - 0 views

www.baltimoresun.com/...md.arts18may18,0,1345340.story

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shared by Ben Winter on 20 May 09 - Cached
  • Yet now, a growing body of brain research suggests that teaching the arts may be good for students across all disciplines
  • Now neuroscientists are investigating how training students in the arts may change the structure of their brains and the way they think.
  • One researcher studying students who go to an arts high school found a correlation between those who were trained in music and their ability to do geometry.
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  • The study Winner is working on has shown that children who receive a small amount of training - as little as half an hour of lessons a week and 10 minutes of practice a day - do have structural changes in their brains that can be measured
  • About 15 months after the study began, students who played the instrument were not better at math or reading, although the researchers are questioning whether they have assessments that are sensitive enough to measure the changes.
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