One of themost referred to storiesin the book features the true brilliance that embodies McCourt and the best of the teaching profession: the ability to make a relevant lesson plan. In this instance, McCourt returns to his students some of the excuse notices that he has received, the very n...
In the wake of the pandemic, there has been a clear need to understand the “new normal” contexts of teaching and learning and how they affect teacher education. In order to rethink and reimagine teacher education, a priority should be to have a firm gr
I find I am frequently asked where all the female futurists are. Thediscussionon why the profession of futurist appears to be so male-dominated has grown in recent years. I know many outstanding female futurists, so whenever I am asked I point to a range of exceptional futurists to show ...
Return to meetings, classes, projects, correction and everything else that comes with the teaching profession. Return to a confrontation with my arch enemy. Time. Time to learn new things. Time to implement new ideas into my practice. Time to transform our library functionality into something ...
According to the Danish economist Peter Dahler-Larsen, the key characteristic of “the evaluation society” is that evaluation has become a profession in itself and has become detached from the primary process that it evaluates (Dahler-Larsen, 2012). We are dealing with “evaluation machines”, ...
To support herself, Jackie took a teaching position in a government school, but she also worked at a school in the Walled City, run by a missionary. Jackie turned a few shabby rooms into a youth club where teenagers could play ping pong and darts. She began to build relationships with th...
I don’t see my role as consultant and professor as me teaching “them” – my approach is much more facilitative. Catmull gave me a great deal to consider about how to create a positive culture for learning in the engagements I pursue. At the very beginning of the book, Ed Catmull ...
Joe Dale offers practical tips and advice on using ICT to enhance the teaching of modern foreign languages
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Ying Cheng, December 2010, source:https://www.slideshare.net/URAP/arwu. Full size image Since 2009, the ranking has been compiled byShanghai Ranking Consultancy, an educational consulting firm working independently of the university with a staff of about 30, three of whom are in charge of upd...