Writing, lifelong learning and gender equity
Tony Dickenson teacher, lifelong learner and writer reflects on gender and equity. How should we be encouraging boys to understand the obstacles that girls face every day?
Quicker and more reliable? Surely not . . .
Does ‘çomparative judgement’ provide a more reliable – and quicker way to mark written work? Daisy Christodoulou certainly thinks so.
Improving listening skills in Modern Languages and beyond
Head of IB French at Sevenoaks School, Dr Fabienne Cheung, thinks it’s time to challenge traditional approaches to teaching listening skills in Modern Languages.
The essence of curiosity
We now refer to the idea of curiosity almost routinely. But what is it? Holly Warren’s prose poem article provokes us to think more deeply.
Allowing a poetry opt-out is wrong
Just when poetry was becoming really interesting both to teach and even more important to study, it has fallen victim to post-covid curricuum cuts. Jill Pritchard laments the move.
Fake News vs School Libraries
Julian McDougall places school libraries and an effective programme of media literacy in the front line to confront and counter ‘fake news’.
Using Moatboat for teaching EAL
Flora Floris and three of her students in the English Department at Petra Christian University describe the success they have had in using the AR platform Moatboat when teaching EAL.
How ESOL teaching resources are evolving
Lewis Tatt who teachers ESOL at LSI Portsmouth questions whether textbooks are still an effective teaching tool in the 21st century classroom.
The only stupid question is the one never asked
Hélène Bonsall looks at the value of student questions, and asks why they are not asked more frequently in class.
Embracing the complex
Effective language teaching in a multi-cultural international school is a complex undertaking. By embracing this complexity, the International School of Paris aims to ‘go beyond bilingual’ as Primary Principal, Jason Taylor, reports.