https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4665 2026-11-12T03:17:14Z 2026-11-12T03:17:14Z Lavis, Kieran Burn, Katharine https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/150690 2026-11-02T11:08:47Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Why history is the future : the centrality of historical thinking in the AI age Authors: Lavis, Kieran; Burn, Katharine Abstract: Many young people, aware of the rapid development and widespread use of generative forms of artificial intelligence, assume that the knowledge and skills they will need to navigate their future bear little relationship to those offered by the study of history. In response to these assumptions, Kieran Lavis and Katharine Burn draw on national and international calls for the promotion of AI literacy to set out a powerful defence of the subject’s relevance. Their article demonstrates the vital contribution that history education can make to the development of two specific AI competencies: recognition of the need and the ability to evaluate AI-generated content critically; and appreciation that such content is the product of human decisions, and thus far from being objective or neutral. They also sound an important note of caution, urging teachers not to sell history short as they seek to demonstrate its relevance, thereby risking a dangerous slide into generic forms of ‘critical thinking’.

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/135364 2025-05-16T13:30:07Z 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Għajnuna edukativa għal studenti barranin Abstract: Id-Dinja Ħielsa ilha li għarfet illi l-provdiment ta' faċilitajiet edukativi huma ta' għajnuna immensa lin-nazzjonijiet li jkunu qegħdin jiżviluppaw. Għal bosta snin id-dinja ħielsa fetħet l-universitajiet tagħha, l-istituzzjonijiet tekniċi, l-industrji u l-isptarijiet għal nies żgħażagħ minn pajjiżi fejn, għalkemm hemm ix-xewqa għal edukazzjoni aktar avanzata, b'dana kollu m'għandhomx il-faċilitajiet meħtieġa.

1960-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/133166 2025-03-13T09:31:13Z 1980-06-08T00:00:00Z

Title: Professor Borg Costanzi honoured Abstract: The staff of the Old University, which was formerly recognized as the University of Malta, organized a dinner in honor of Professor Edwin Borg Costanzi. He was the Rector of Malta's foremost institution of higher learning and is noted as the oldest university in the Commonwealth beyond the United Kingdom. For a period, Professor Edwin Borg Costanzi was also known as Vice-Chancellor and Rector Magnificus.

1980-06-08T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/131696 2025-02-11T07:04:38Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A brief history of Malta's educational broadcasting Abstract: The year 1948 was a milestone in the history of Maltese broadcasting. A special wing, known as the School Broadcasting Unit, was established within the Education Department. It had the specific aim of introducing radio broadcasts for primary and secondary school students, utilising the Rediffusion services. The reader must bear in mind that in the mentioned period, responsible government had been re-introduced in Malta and women acquired the right to vote in future electoral appointments. The new Labour Government elected in 1947 also introduced compulsory education, and in due course this would radically upgrade Malta’s literacy and numeracy skills. Reforms were also undertaken by the University of Malta which changed the major course structures. “This abolished the existing preparatory courses and... substituted them by admission courses leading to the various faculties.” The BA (Honours) course was also introduced. In 1948, more than 40,000 Maltese and Gozitan pupils attended primary school. Since 1949, the Colonial Office began to issue the publication Sound and Television Broadcasting in the Overseas Territories, demonstrating a vibrant broadcasting scenario in the British Empire. Malta was no exception to this development as this paper will reveal.

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