Princeton University survey finds 'pain gap'

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:40:52 GMT

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Those with lower incomes and less education are in pain more often, researchers say

A novel study that attempts to paint the most accurate and detailed description yet of how Americans experience pain has found that a significant portion of the population -- 28 percent -- are in pain at any given moment and those with less education and lower income spend more of their time in pain. Those in pain are less likely to work or socialize with others and are more inclined to watch television than the pain-free.

The study, which appears in the May 3 issue of The Lancet, was prepared by Alan Krueger, a professor of economics at Princeton University, and Arthur Stone, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Stony Brook University. The work is the first of its type, according to the authors, to quantify a "pain gap" in American society, with the "have-nots" suffering a disproportionate amount in relation to the "haves."

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Teachers should create the National Curriculum

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:39:02 GMT

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Teachers need a bigger role in how the National Curriculum develops, according to the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training.

In a paper published this week, the Review warns that the National Curriculum is currently too centrally prescriptive, and warns it will only develop successfully if teachers, not government or its agencies, become key players.

The author of the paper, Professor Richard Pring, from the Department of Education at Oxford University, says that teachers are best placed to know the social and cultural background of their school and the pupils, and that knowledge could feed into the way the national curriculum is taught.

He suggests that teachers must be central players in curriculum development, critically scrutinising, and adapting to their contexts, any general principles which come from the centre.

For the 14-19 changes to work, there must be a transformation of teachers from 'curriculum deliverers' to 'curriculum creators'

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