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By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Indeed, you can become an outstanding NQT if you bear a few things in mind. These days there are many routes into teaching, but let’s look at one of the most popular – the PGCE. Now, this may not be what you want to hear, but if you thought the PGCE year was difficult, wait until you get to the...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Convincing pupils that failure is the secret to success can be a tough ask… It’s not a ground-breaking statement or anything new at all to suggest that people need to fail to succeed. It’s the stuff of motivational quotes and speeches - a staple ingredient, in fact. The notion that to be...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Project based learning. How can we use project based learning, and indeed, should we? What is Project Based Learning? The Buck Institute for Learning is an American Teacher Support organisation. It describes Project based learning as something which: ‘… prepares...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
When parents are looking for a change and considering moving, they always try to find an area that has a good school for their kids. But what constitutes a “good school”? Parents don’t often have a guideline in mind when determining which school is better than the other. However, they should look...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
If you have spent anytime in the classroom educating either elementary or high school students, you know that every kid behaves differently. As the sole teacher in the room, you almost have to be a therapist and a juggler as you work with each student’s behaviour as best as you can. Listed below...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
We cannot deny that children obesity is much more common today than was the case in the past. It is predicted that by 2030 three quarters of British men will be overweight, and two thirds of women. Already, a third of children leave primary school weighing more than they should, with 20% of...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Bloom’s 1956 work places types of learning in a hierarchy of effectiveness, and in order to achieve the highest levels, we must know the learning styles of our students. Research has divided these learning styles into a number of broad categories. Theory often bears little resemblance to...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
By learning from colleagues, and sharing experience with them, everybody wins. We become better teachers. We learn new tips and strategies. Our concerns are aired in a threat free environment. Best of all, our students will receive better tuition. Such a regime is...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
If we can improve parental involvement in the classroom, then we make our own lives easier…and improve the chances for our students. I remember with my own kids thinking that once they started school I could enjoy greater emotional freedom. I could keep the joy, but abdicate some of the...
By Danish Wadhwa, 24 Jan 2020
Many parents haphazardly decide to hire a tutor to help their children. However, every child has unique needs, along with different mindsets for tutors that you need to consider before hiring. Whether your child is not clear with elementary grammar rules, juggling hard to understand Newton's laws...
