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The underlying similarities between teaching, research and music can be a powerful metaphor for education and qualitative inquiry, according to a University of Illinois professor of education.

To adequately prepare todays students for tomorrows global economy, teacher education expert Mark Dressman favors transcultural education, which he defines as an experience that goes beyond the traditional rite-of-passage trip to western Europe.

Whether theyre found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical consciousness, says a University of Illinois professor who studies and teaches historical instruction.

Mothers and fathers play different roles and make different contributions to a childs upbringing, but a fathers influence upon a childs academic success later in life is felt the most when hes involved from the very beginning, says a University of Illinois expert in early childhood education.

A U. of I. professor who studies the sociology of education says that “soft skills” are better predictors of earnings and higher educational achievement later in life than having good grades and high standardized test scores.