by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
If today's youth aren't adequately educated about the reality of climate change, its effects and the ways the planet can prevent it, how can impactful solutions be implemented? Climate change is an education priority, ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
The translation and adaptation of measurement instruments is of vital importance in achieving comparability of data in large-scale assessments. What is meant by "comparability" and how can translations be produced that meet the objectives for ... Read more >
by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO
When translating a survey, a linguistically correct, fluent translation does not ensure that same constructs are measured, that the survey questions are understood the same way or, for that matter, that comparable data will be collected with the translated survey ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Reading is no longer mainly about extracting information; it is about constructing knowledge, thinking critically and making well-founded judgements". "Students need to be able to read complex texts, distinguish between credible and untrustworthy sources of ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Academics in Prague have recently used machine learning to investigate how much of the play Henri VII was written by William Shakespeare and how much was written by John Fletcher, another famous and prolific playwright ... Read more >
Beyond the Occidental cliché of cold and snow, fireplaces and cosy indoor gatherings, Christmas and New Year celebrations come in many flavours. This year's collection of cApStAn's seasonal stories features sand-skiing in South Africa and picnicking on the beach in Australia, lighting bonfires and looking out for elves and ... Read more >
by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO
In general, the press reports too much on country ranking and benchmarking, and too little on more interesting data such as within-country variance; gender equality in the three PISA domains; resources invested in education; the correlation between the students' (and ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Hephzibah Anderson explores "the art of the perfect first sentence" in a recent article for BBC Culture. (1) Speaking of her own novel, Chastened, published in 2010 , she says the first line "can ... Read more >
by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO
All language service providers will claim that they only work with experienced translators, which is mostly true, but this does not per se ensure translation quality. Serious organisations - and there are many - will invest time in preparing ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
"It is sometimes said that in order to convey atmosphere a translation must be redone for each generation". Is this really the case? asks author and journalist Sara Wheeler in a recent article for ... Read more >