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![Han Han and Fredrik Mørk Røkenes – Investigating The Benefits Of The ‘Flipped Classroom’ In Teacher Training](https://www.scipod.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Han-Han-cover.jpg)
Han Han and Fredrik Mørk Røkenes – Investigating The Benefits Of The ‘Flipped Classroom’ In Teacher Training
The ‘flipped classroom’ is an innovative educational approach that emphasises active learning, with the aim of increasing student engagement and academic performance. While educators in numerous disciplines have recently started experimenting with this approach, there is still a lack of solid research assessing its effectiveness in the field of teacher education. To fill this gap, Han Han and Fredrik Mørk Røkenes of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have recently examined a multitude of studies focusing on flipped classroom approaches in teacher training environments.
![PMAC 2022: Moving Towards the World We Want](https://www.scipod.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PMAC-2022_SciPod.jpg)
PMAC 2022: Moving Towards the World We Want
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual event held in Bangkok, at which humanitarian leaders and experts in various disciplines meet to discuss global challenges, including health crises and climate change. This year, the conference ran from the 25th to the 29th of January, featuring seven sessions with international speakers. The theme of PMAC 2022 was ‘The World We Want: Actions Towards a Sustainable, Fairer and Healthier Society’. This article highlights some of the main global issues and megatrends discussed at the conference.
![Exploring the Hershey Company’s Child Labour Case | Dr Bertrand Guillotin](https://www.scipod.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bertrand-Guillotin_cover.jpg)
Exploring the Hershey Company’s Child Labour Case | Dr Bertrand Guillotin
The Hershey Company, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world, produces and distributes millions of sweet treats every year. In 2019, an article on the Washington Post accused the company of failing to uproot child labour from its cocoa supply chain. Dr Bertrand Guillotin, an Associate Professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, recently published a case study that closely explores these child labour allegations against the Hershey Company.
![Arendt’s Ethics of Otherness: Rethinking How We See Other People | Professor Andreea Deciu](https://www.scipod.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ritivoi-cover.jpg)
Arendt’s Ethics of Otherness: Rethinking How We See Other People | Professor Andreea Deciu
The 20th Century philosopher Hannah Arendt grounded ethics in aesthetics because she viewed art as a way of understanding how the world appears to different people. In her recent work, Professor Andreea Deciu [day-chew] Ritivoi [ree-tee-voy] of Carnegie Mellon University highlights Arendt’s rich repertoire of literary writings, as she believes that they deserve to be considered alongside other popular ethical works. Professor Ritivoi shows how Arendt’s unique contribution identifies the obstacles facing ‘human togetherness’, so that we can find ways to overcome them.
![How Soundtracks Shape What We See | Dr. Alessandro Ansani](https://www.scipod.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Dr.-Alessandro-Ansani-_SciPod-V2.jpg)
How Soundtracks Shape What We See | Dr. Alessandro Ansani
Music has the power to influence how we interpret the world around us. Dr. Alessandro Ansani from the Department of Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome believes this interpretation is multidimensional and involves several interconnected cognitive factors and mechanisms. He has recently demonstrated the significant impact that background music can have on our interpretation of a simple movie scene, by manipulating the soundtrack.
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