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Pandemic pedagogy

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The first link focuses on how to lead remote learning and is taken from lessons learnt in a school in Hong Kong. Pandemic pedagogy by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Keep well, keep safe, keep your distance. Unported License.

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Music, learning and pedagogy

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You cannot make children learn something if they are not yet ready to learn it, and if a teacher paces a lesson too fast, some children are likely to be left behind, while others may become bored and switch off. One of the most important lessons I learnt as a lead guitarist in rock bands was to play only when necessary.

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Maker pedagogy

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More and more teachers are beginning to realise that creating environments and possibilities where students make things is a very powerful pedagogy. American educator Jackie Gerstein makes some important observations about how teachers can change their perspectives and embrace maker pedagogy. Unported License.

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3D Pedagogy

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I recently wrote a blogpost entitled ' Maker Pedagogy ' where I outlined some of the emerging educational benefits of learning through making. The advent of 3D Printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has brought maker pedagogy opportunities to schools and other educational institutions in a fairly affordable manner.

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Narrative pedagogy 2: Maintaining the suspense

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Every story is a lesson, and every lesson can be a story. this short series on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'* I want to explore some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. My use signifies how storytelling devices can be applied to everyday pedagogy. Stories are compelling.

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Narrative pedagogy 1: Focusing their attention

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Every story is a lesson, and every lesson can be a story. In this short series on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy' I want to explore some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. Narrative is built into our collective memory, and is part of what makes us human. Stories are compelling.

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Narrative pedagogy 4: Connecting the dots

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Teachers can introduce elements of a lesson that are intriguing, but at first have no meaning. The approach helps students to connect together the elements of the lesson or lecture and to see a more holistic view. By the same token, teachers should only include in a lesson those elements that are absolutely necessary.