We are looking at UK tabloids to find out how research, education and learning is mediated.
The five student groups have read (scanned) a newspaper each and have summarised one story.
Each group: please comment on this post.
Which newspaper did you look at?
What is the headline of your story?
Please let us know your two sentences summary.
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THE INDEPENDENT (Tuesday 16 October 2007; page 5): "Nature not nurture" is to blame for aggressive children
The topic is about aggressive behaviour of children, especially in the pre-school years. Toddlers have to learn to handle their aggressive intincts befor they start school - otherwise it could lead to problems like alcohol or drug abuse.
Angelika
Eva
Michaela
The Times (Tuesday 16 October 2007; page 54):
"Professor Elisabeth Croll"
The Aritcel is about an anthropologist, named Elisabeth Croll. She did research on women and familiy in Post Mao China. Therefore she lived near chinese people, to understand the problems of the poor and specially women.
Andrea
Corina
Valentin
The Guardian (Tuesday, 16th of October 2007, page 35)
‘The kids aren’t alright’
We took a letter from the editor. The main message is, that british parents are obsessed that their children develop complex skills of reading and writing before the age of 6. As a result, teachers and parents are under pressure to reach this goal and the primary school children are stressed – it’s education to success.
Martin, Regina, Sandra
"The Sun" Tuesday 16th of October 07' - page 8,11,23
British hospitals are the best in the third world
NHS (National Health System) is criticized by it's population for offering bad hygiene-conditions ("superbug") and a lack of beds (homebirths). The government reacts by sacking staff.
by Eva, Reini and Flo
The Guardian Education, Tuesday October 16 2007, page 12 by Harriet Swain (Manuel, Beccy and Julia)
Our text is about 'the art of listening to a lecture', it means you should be awake, ready, open-minded and interested. It also says to make notes not take notes, for that you need your own system to learn for the exam.
The author gives two top tips:
- be there
- go there.
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