Category: EDUCATION

The brain needs emotions to learn

Traditional education, the one in which the teacher treasures knowledge and the students are passive receptacles, is giving way to new pedagogical models that turn teaching and learning into an…

Teach girls to be brave, not perfect

Over the centuries, Western society has been responsible for accentuating the differences between boys and girls. Children are taught to remain strong in the face of adversity, not to show…

Types or degrees of childhood autism

Autism spectrum disorders, also known as pervasive developmental disorders, are a group of disorders with early onset in childhood that are characterized by marked disturbance in several domains. Within this…