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I have been teaching at the British School here in Alexandria for just over a month. There is lots and lots to commend the school for, my class is wonderful, colleagues supportive and enough prep time to make you wonder why you would ever leave here. But there are...Learning Styles – not what you think they are?
The following statement is something that a lot of teachers will find hard to accept. …the idea that students learn differently depending on their personal preference for visual, auditory or kinesthetic cues is just a myth.For much of my teaching career the...Expectations and their impact on learning
Expectations play a big part in student achievement and behaviour. There was a landmark study done by Rosenthal and Jacobson in 1968 which illustrated the power of expectations on students in the classroom. This effect is amplified, apparently, in low-income...An ideal education?
Slow EducationCame across this today by way of the Guardian (a UK newspaper). In essence it compares today’s education to fast food and how that isn’t the best way forward. One way to fight commodification of education is slow education...What makes for great teaching?
As part of my teaching practice each week I have to reflect on my performance and what I have learned. So it was with interest that I came across this article in the Guardian this morning talking about what makes great teaching. In short it’s a report published...
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