A virus spread. Why do we panic and when well. Just through the topics of a weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the clone a virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. One slash science. Its a big experiment. In the. Schools and thanks to the coronavirus but millions of children are learning online from home. That exciting challenge for some even if its just. Yoga for kids but the digital Playing Field is anything but level. What if you dont have access to the latest tech or your teacher cant call you every day. Access to education could leave a whole lot of people behind. High benefits all and the teachers ive spoken to think its great the virtual classroom puts the onus on children to discipline themselves one and a half 1000000000 students are off school around the world a class has gone online for many nations with poor internet coverage kids are turning to radio and t. V. But does that put them at a disadvantage 60 year old malia has been out of school since march 18 schools were closed in come rude in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus among or not those classes daily through television lectures are given in english and french the idea is to help students like a model who will be taking his Junior High School exams in june these ideas each student. Trees are really good idea especially for me on phone 5 iron i see that our new days going. To be because. To move the. I need to see this video. I thought i knew all the details i will. Lose 3 local t. V. Stations are producing similar programs. Teachers are paid by the countrys Education Ministry undue station every teacher gets 20 minutes of literate time zambo has been in this instructor for 6 years teaching on camera is new for he. All children have rights wage occasion and eve this makes it kind of them acquiring knowledge or have that right or enjoying that right i buy fully support eat and also for the reason that. Even dogs can learn through this meeting so i found a percent for 8 due to frequent power blackouts among others forced to miss some classes other students incomer and have no access to t. V. Sets at all. And mano wants to study medicine but hes concerned his dreams will be delete is schools remain clueless due to the pandemic. They were going to screw in the virus. Might eat you sure its really pretty. Soon we. Find out im all for you gotta go so. Im going to write my general were these yeah freedom was good on the one year. Enough to come around has the 2nd highest number 1000 cases in Subsaharan Africa this means among all have to study from home for the foreseeable future. And this is a special advisor on education policy at the organization for Economic Cooperation and development how kids dealing with this leap in technology we i mean we are talking about Digital Natives here but at the end of the day its their education at stake. Yeah you have plenty of children who are well equipped you know lassitude Technology Access to our quality learning resources and its not just a matter of the digital resources learning is always a relational process we learn reason from people so to study on your own you need to harden relations to see the value of education you have the effective learning strategies the resilience the struggle to you know months later we say that its off those qualities that were just you know helping in a way in the past week that young people in school are against and little chance to learn to repeat now suddenly they have to study on their own and thats a very very its an experience so apart from the technology its a novel experience there are some students succeed very well you know great support from the parents they have great motivation but in many many Young Children are left behind so with or without the technology then what about children from disadvantaged backgrounds of developing countries. Well you know this crisis is only fighting the inequality is already inherent in our Education Systems before the always struggle to attract the most talented teachers to the most challenging classrooms to make sure that every student has access to to excellent teaching so i think at this moment its very very important that Education Systems we double their efforts to reach up to their families and their students who struggle most that needs freeing up some time from teachers. To actually dedicate to those those kids they have not succeed just that rather on their asses when you mention families say what about parents. Absolutely and i think its a matter of connecting the parents its being you know parents to this Mission Education is becoming our Society Project not just you know schooling you need to support from parents you need the understanding for parents and parents to give their children roxas to acquire place to study and thats not the case law for all children i need to give the nazis did you know maybe that they may also need it for their work so i think its a sacrifice on everybodys part to feel that its could end up being a last year for students around the world well i dont not i dont think we can afford i think that would be a terrible price for humanity to pay and i also think we should be cognizant of the need many good examples i mean this crisis is liberated a lot of energy Education Systems theres a lot of front frontline capacity and the schools you know operate was sick if we did you know army. Designers are in a way of learning environment doesnt actually striving at this moment and i think what we should do is not in response she had is into classrooms spend more time on you know finding books good years sharing never getting them spreading and i think thats exactly what is needed at this moment there are enormous and there are teachers who invest in their lives to make this work and i really need to give them space. To do their work well lets have a quick listen to what some students and teachers think about online school. To mrs dunny it is easier to work at school because the teacher explains everything in a certain gates and in teaching the egg curriculum i often feel totally overwhelmed when we are not trained to teach these things if money isnt mr throughput i will be good because its what he went to this from in this in a shrewd i find learning much easier at school because i take an active role in class when i sit in plans i take a lot in and therefore i have to do less at home and often encounter. Many of whom was so in dress how can governments make this work. Well i think 1st of all it is to look at examples you know yet there are many teachers who are struggling but there are also lots of teachers full of motivation and if you just make this work you know teachers who are becoming good you know coaches good mentors good facilitate us and i think what governments need to do at this moment is to direct resources where they can make most of the difference typically they do the opposite you know if you can follow up the fact that you do better teacher the Better School as you can this form of government need to look harder there are the resources really needed it out of direct government soldiers should all think hard of what students should learn additional and really you know learning can be refused good sharp we cannot put that on the shoulders of schools governments need to define what is essential part it really students need to learn prioritizing you know learning is a very important task for governments and then you know providing to just its grown and or yes its a big challenge for teachers teachers are all right thats what little i think again you know teachers can learn and if we give them the right you know access to professional development i think you will see a quantum change press i thank you very much for joining us. Thank you for 12 your questions now on the coronavirus his derek well. Could the virus mutated further if that happens how dangerous would it be to answer this question we have to 1st look at what mutation means exactly now in biology mutation describes alterations to the genetic code in an organism or a virus in a virus like sars 2 of 2 these changes happened during replication when and invaded cell is churning out new copies of the virus now all viruses mutate its its how the corona virus jumped to humans in the 1st place if it mutated to do so moving forward though what will be key is exactly how the virus mutates can it change in ways that make it more infectious or that make it more deadly thats what matters to us those kinds of mutations are generally ones that have an effect on the viruses physical structures for example the spikes that dot the outer surface of sars supposed to that that allow it to latch on to human cells so far although we know the new corona virus will mutate and and we can even track those mutations as the virus spreads theres no evidence that its mutating into even more dangerous strains but theres no way to rule out that it might happen in the future. Hey johnny still causes aids today with no real vaccine or cure what are the odds of cobra 1000 could be the same the big reason why weve struggled to come up with a vaccine for hiv is that the process it uses to produce copies of itself is very prone to making mistakes so the virus mutates rapidly most of those mistakes wont work out but a few will prove beneficial to the virus in the sense that the changes will allow it to continue to. Evade a patients immune system hiv is really a moving target so its hard to come up with an effective vaccine but sars cove 2 is very different from a shiv in a very key way it proofreads its genetic code during replication and proofreading slows the mutation rate that means the sars whove 2 genome so far appears to remain stable or more stable than in hiv over time thats giving researchers hope that theyll be able to develop effective long lasting vaccines against the corona virus but because were still at such an early stage of observing its evolution its still just a hope. There is 0 and 0 against it. Greenland is melting in the buying craze its already begun the melting of the ice sheet in the country has exposed a valuable land d china in the us already there in new companies are being set up. Welcome to long time is this consequence of Climate Change a threat or an opportunity. On europe. Next on d w. To the conflict zone with jim sebastian. 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