Learning with e's

APRIL 2, 2020

The second link leads to a link from Google, who have launched a Teach from Home hub that is open to all users. London CLC (Education Development Trust) has provided a guide for remote learning. Microsoft have created a repository of learning and teaching resources for parents who are home schooling primary and middle school children.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It should focus on trust. The educational theorist and humanist Carl Rogers once wrote that we should aim to foster 'a climate of trust in the classroom in which curiosity and the natural desire to learn can be nourished and enhanced' (Rogers, 1983). Simply, teaching is driven by assessment. 1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The conference is themed around excellence in teaching of the social sciences, which reflects my own professional and academic background. What issues in HE teaching and learning are you passionate about? As a lecturer how important do you think it is to look at teaching and learning issues through a disciplinary lens?

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Learning with e's

MAY 9, 2017

There are several recent criticisms of the unfairness of Sats, including the Cambridge Primary Review Trust and the National Union of Teachers. Perhaps the most serious problem of Sats is that teachers (who know their own reputation is at stake) will tend to teach to the test, so that as many pupils as possible pass the examinations.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

It's insidious, because bad theory that is accepted as fact without a full understanding of its implications, results in bad teaching, and ultimately, learners will suffer. It is lazy pedagogy, and the only reason I see that such beliefs persist, is that it is a convenient untruth which allows some teachers to stay within their comfort zones.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 20, 2017

I’d considered a teaching course straight after Sixth Form but decided against it at that time – I’m so glad I did as my time in the “real world” helped me better prepare for the realities of a hardworking job! Feeling like I am not only helping them learn new things but also that I am teaching them to be good people.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2017

It's also a chance for them to voice their hopes and fears about teaching, now they are actually in the thick of it. I got into teaching because I wanted to continue my backpacking lifestyle in Thailand but needed some funds so teaching TEFL English was my ticket. This is number six in my series, asking former students on the B.Ed

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