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			<title>Game-based learning: latest evidence and future directions</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/70087</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: National Foundation for Educational Research (UK) 
 From Press Release: 
 
 The role of video games in teaching and learning is a source of debate among many educators, researchers and in the popular press. Detractors and advocates have been discussing the influences and the potentials of video games for quite some time, [...]]]></description>
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			<title>UK: Improving literacy in secondary schools: a shared responsibility</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/70080</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Ofsted 
 From the Introduction: 
 
 &lsquo;Literacy&rsquo;....is more than the mechanics of reading, writing, speaking and listening. The National Curriculum demands that connections be made between each strand and across subjects, which calls for thought and understanding, for recall, selection and analysis of ideas and information, and for coherent, considered and convincing [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Child Well-being in Rich Countries</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69976</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: UNICEF 
 
 Part One presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world&rsquo;s advanced economies. 
 Part Two looks at what children say about their own well-being (including a league table of children&rsquo;s life satisfaction). 
 Part Three examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first [...]]]></description>
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			<title>UK: In the Balance: The STEM human capital crunch</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69951</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Social Market Foundation (UK) 
 
 The science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sector is at the heart of the Government&rsquo;s aim to rebalance the economy for future growth. But the sector is already suffering skills shortages, severely limiting its ability to grow. 
 This report quantifies the mismatch between future employment requirements [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Protection of minors in the media environment: EU regulatory mechanisms</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69943</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Library of the European Parliament 
 From Background : 
 
 Media are increasingly being used by minors via mobile devices, including (online) videogames, and on-demand media services on the Internet. According to a recent survey,the average age in the EU for first Internet use is nine years old. Children in the survey [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Fact or Fiction? The Reversal of the Gender Education Gap across the World and the Former Soviet Union</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69934</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies 
 
 Although still not widely known, one gender gap that has narrowed &ndash; and even reversed &ndash; in many countries is the gender gap in education. The reversal of the gender education gap is increasingly gaining attention and has been documented for several [...]]]></description>
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			<title>UK: Improving young people’s engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69904</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: National Foundation for Educational Research (UK) 
 From Why is engagement in STEM important? : 
 
 The UK engineering and science industries are a vital element of the overall UK economy, with an approximate turnover of &pound;257bn. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The exact levels of demand for STEM skills are difficult [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Developing Key Competences at School in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69563</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EU) 
 From Key Findings: 
 
 This analysis of current national policies to support young people&rsquo;s acquisition of the key competences, as defined in the European Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, highlights a number of encouraging policies and positive developments. It also highlights four [...]]]></description>
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			<title>How Teens Do Research in the Digital World</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69527</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project 
 From Summary of Findings: 
 
 Three-quarters of AP and NWP teachers say that the internet and digital search tools have had a &ldquo;mostly positive&rdquo; impact on their students&rsquo; research habits, but 87% say these technologies are creating an &ldquo;easily distracted generation with short attention spans&rdquo; [...]]]></description>
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			<title>NEETs Young people not in employment, education or training: Characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69443</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Eurofound 
 Introduction to the Executive Summary: 
 
 The immediate future of Europe depends upon million Europeans aged between 15 and 29. Apart from the challenges that young people for generations have faced as they embark up on adult life, this generation will live in an era of full globalisation and will [...]]]></description>
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			<title>UK: The Secrets of Supplementary School Success</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69368</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: British Educational Research Association 
 
 Many minority ethnic pupils struggle in mainstream schools. Concern about these children&rsquo;s chronic underachievement led to this study of the 2,700 Saturday or supplementary1 schools set up by their parents and communities. Usually free and run by volunteers, the schools aim to preserve a community&rsquo;s heritage and [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Mind the Gap: Education Inequality Across EU Regions</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69311</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: European Commission 
 From Press Release: 
 
 Where you live in Europe can strongly influence your education and prospects in life, according to a new European Commission report. The report, entitled \'Mind the Gap - education inequality across EU regions\', highlights significant disparities in education opportunities and results across - and within [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Digital Competence in Practice: An Analysis of Frameworks</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69297</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Joint Research Centre - European Commission 
 From Executive Summary: 
 
 This reports aims to identify, select and analyse current frameworks for the development of Digital Competence of every citizen. Its objective is to understand how Digital Competence is currently conceived and implemented in fifteen (15) cases, drawn from school curricula, implementation [...]]]></description>
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			<title> Over a third of British Olympic Winners were privately educated</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/69218</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Sutton Trust (UK) 
 
 Over one third (37%) of British medal winners in the 2012 London Olympics were educated at fee-paying schools, which educate just 7% of the school population, a study by the Sutton Trust reveals. 
 Over half (54%) of Olympic winning rowers meanwhile were privately educated &ndash; compared with [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Primary Sources 2012: America’s Teachers on the Teaching Profession </title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/68323</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sources: Scholastic Inc., Gates Foundation 
 From the press release : 
 
 Scholastic Inc. and the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation today released Primary Sources: America\'s Teachers on the Teaching Profession , the second landmark report presenting the results of a national survey of more than 10,000 public school teachers in grades pre-K [...]]]></description>
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			<title>UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/68228</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: UNESCO 
 
 With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access, participation and progression from pre-primary to tertiary education. 
 The Atlas features a wide range of sex-disaggregated data and [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Long-Term Impacts Of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added And Student Outcomes In Adulthood</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/66387</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 
 From the executive summary (PDF): 
 
 Many policy makers advocate increasing the quality of teaching, but there is considerable debate about the best way to measure and improve teacher quality. One method is to evaluate teachers based on their impacts on students\' test scores, [...]]]></description>
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			<title>School Enrollment in the United States: 2010 </title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/65962</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: U.S. Census Bureau 
 From the press release : 
 
 These national statistics describe a wide variety of student characteristics at all levels of school, from nursery to graduate. The tables provide information by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, family income, type of college, employment status and vocational course enrollment. The statistics [...]]]></description>
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			<title> UK: The Gift of Reading in 2011: Children and young people’s access to books and attitudes towards reading</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/65706</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: National Literacy Trust(UK) 
 From the Introduction: 
 
 Our research has consistently highlighted the link between reading for pleasure and reading attainment. Worryingly, we have found that the number of children and young people who say that they own a book seems to be rapidly decreasing. In 2005, 1 in 10 of [...]]]></description>
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			<title>Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School</title>
			<link>http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/65477</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Source: American Association of University Women 
 From the press release : 
 
 The American Association of University Women (AAUW) today released Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, the most comprehensive, nationally representative research conducted in the past 10 years on sexual harassment in middle and high schools. 
 Sexual harassment pervades [...]]]></description>
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