Category: Psychology
Are you Multitasking?
Most research and expert opinions say that multitasking is not good for the human brain. The term multitasking actually originated in the computer industry but has now become synonymous with human multitasking. According to researchers switching between tasks decrease productivity and lead to more errors. Since the brain is not used to handling many activities at the same time the time taken to complete the tasks is more. The large amount of information that is available nowadays in the form of different sources such as net and media creates more confusion as larger the amount of information available the more difficult it is for the brain to process it. It also leads to partial knowledge of different subjects because of focus being on a lot of information at the same time and not studying anyone thing in detail. Children also rely on the different sources of media thus not getting ...
Vittra, a particular kind of school in Sweeden
It is well known fact that not all of the many international schools worldwide, follow a similar curriculum. With the presence of thousands of reputed international schools round the world, there is a varied pattern of imparting education to students. Notably, we find some of the reputed international schools having an American, British or any other slant. Whereas, some international schools call themselves to be an international school only because they claim to have adopted multiple teaching approaches in different formats. They believe such a move allows them to call themselves an international school. This trend eventually reached the EU countries and as a result, several new international schools have been started. However, there are a few schools which have put notable efforts in imparting education according to the global quality standards. One of them is the much appreciated Vittra International School in Sweden. There has been numerous Swedish initiatives ...