Apr 2, 2012
Other 3433 Views
Few would welcome a formal 'market' in public services, least of all a key service like yours, education. There has, of course, been a true market in independent education for very many years as individual private schools seek to attract fee-paying students. But even in publicly funded ...
Mar 30, 2012
E-Learning/CALL 3235 Views
More and more teachers are using social media to connect, interact, and engage with the students in real-time. Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and such similar ones provide an engaging way to learning.
Mar 30, 2012
Career Development 3114 Views
Parents who are stressed and exhausted by helping with homework feel that way because they make their child's homework their problem rather than their child's. And it needn't be that way!
Here are three things that you can stop doing right now so that the stress and exhaustion disappears.
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Mar 30, 2012
Classroom Management 4317 Views
Teachers are always looking for better ways to help their students who cause problems in the class to work more effectively. They have learned from experience that punishment is only a short-term solution and often has more negative consequences than benefits. Contracting is an alternative classroom management strategy. It does have a number of advantages when it comes to the management of the behavior of one particular student in the class.
Mar 30, 2012
Other 2810 Views
For staff in schools, managing your own well-being is a must. There are several causes of stress for staff working in schools; difficult parents and colleagues, unrealistic expectations and deadlines, report cards and unacceptable student behaviour to name a few.
Mar 27, 2012
Young Learners 4787 Views
Games are a natural way for children to communicate in any language. When they get absorbed in a game, they lose inhibitions about speaking up and even the shyest child is usually happy to shout out the answer. For this reason, games are an ideal way to help your child to practise a foreign language too.
Mar 18, 2012
Teaching 3623 Views
One of the most important priorities for any teacher early in the school year is to get to know the names of their students quickly. This will help establish a disciplined class room environment which is conducive to learning.
Mar 18, 2012
Study Skills 3032 Views
On any given school night, a common question parents ask their teenagers is: "Do you have any homework?" or "Have you studied yet?" What those parents should be asking, is: "Does my child know how to study?" Unfortunately the answer is often no, yet having strong study skills are the key to academic success-whether in middle school, high school, or college.
Mar 18, 2012
Young Learners 4088 Views
Between the ages of key stage one and key stage two, children will be learning their basic literacy skills, which will provide them with the foundation to build a more solid and diverse understand in future years. The subject is commonly split up into 3 different factions. Reading, writing and spelling, however, in some cases spelling is often a sub structure of writing.
Mar 18, 2012
Study Skills 2941 Views
Have you ever taken a moment to watch a honeybee in action? Did you marvel at the way she methodically drifts from flower to flower collecting her "basketfuls" of pollen, only to navigate unerringly back to the hive? Did you ever wonder where she learned to do her job so well and to navigate so precisely? The answer lies with Mother Nature, herself.