As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

In the hands of students, a curved piece of wood becomes a smile, a crown, an oversized ear. The shape’s “meaning” changes with its position or role, a message that also holds true in learning to ...

Most parents today likely learned to write first in print, then cursive and finally – maybe years after those skills were in place – on a computer. Today, with students as young as kindergarten ...

Most of us remember spending years of school learning how to write, first tracing letters, then writing our names and eventually progressing to cursive. But as technology has taken over, that ...

Computers and tablets are changing how we write – will the ability and need to wield a pen die out altogether? We're told that writing is dying. Typing on keyboards and screens dominates written ...

Find out why teaching handwriting is crucial and why Great Britain and not the US should be the model for education policy for handwriting. This is an English adaptation of an Interview with Guillermo ...

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Handwriting is dead, long live keyboard skills! So says the Finnish education system. From 2016 handwriting will no longer ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Finland's Savon Sanomat newspaper recently reported that cursive handwriting - "joined-up" writing - would not be compulsorily taught in ...

Finnish students will no longer be taught handwriting at school, with typing lessons taking its place, it's reported. Learning joined-up writing, often in fountain pen in the UK, is almost a rite of ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has mandated clear medical prescriptions across India, citing patient safety and the fundamental "right to life." Justice Puri's ruling directs handwriting training ...

In the hands of students, a curved piece of wood becomes a smile, a crown, an oversized ear. The shape’s “meaning” changes with its position or role, a message that also holds true in learning to ...