"Life cycle diagrams are ubiquitous in science textbooks, and they may be due for some updates. A new study finds simple design changes in these diagrams can have a dramatic impact on the ability of undergraduate students to understand key biology concepts."
The books for Class 11 and 12 students of Kerala will also touch upon the issue of poverty and include the latest report of the Global Hunger Index....
Where (in England) do they sell physical copies of mathematics and physics textbooks that you can pick up and peruse before buying?
The obvious answer is Foyles on Charing Cross Road, but lately the selection of maths & physics textbooks there has been pitiful. They're barely bothering to stock textbooks any more (it didn't look much better for the adjacent chemistry and biology sections either), and lately when I've gone, it's not sated my need to physically shop for textbooks.
Mikhail Myagkov, the scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, said Monday that Russia’s new history textbook will provide an “objective” view of Joseph Stalin’s role in Russian history. He contrasted the book’s approach to that of past Russian history textbooks, including “the ones financed by...
If NCERT Has its Way, the Study of Indian History Will Move Entirely Outside of India
Deleting pages and chapters can only be described as an entirely unintelligent way of reducing content. And the NCERT's choice of deletions explains what its motivations are, writes, Romila Thapar.
#ClimateChange in #Texas school textbooks is causing friction in America’s biggest oil and gas state
"How science #textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward #FossilFuels in America’s biggest oil and gas state."
Vaccination, DEI, and climate change will no longer exist at these Houston public schools.
"The board of trustees for the Cypress Fairbanks independent school district in #Houston voted 6-1 earlier this month to redact certain chapters in science #textbooks, including those about vaccines, human growth, diversity, and #ClimateChange.
The motion to remove the chapters was made by the board’s vice-president Natalie Blasingame and almost unanimously supported."
Karnataka revises school textbooks, reintroduces chapters by progressive writers
However, the committee decided not to include chapters on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali, which were dropped when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power.
Kerala textbooks to retain sections deleted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) (www.thehindu.com)
The books for Class 11 and 12 students of Kerala will also touch upon the issue of poverty and include the latest report of the Global Hunger Index....
Russian Military Historical Society representative says new history textbook presents Stalin ‘objectively’ (rather than as a ‘tyrant’) — Meduza (meduza.io)
Mikhail Myagkov, the scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, said Monday that Russia’s new history textbook will provide an “objective” view of Joseph Stalin’s role in Russian history. He contrasted the book’s approach to that of past Russian history textbooks, including “the ones financed by...
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