Abacus pedagogy
Natalia Sidor describes how children of all ages can benefit from learning how to use an abacus – and not just for mathematical calculations.
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Teaching diversity
For Leah Davies valuing diversity should be at the heart of any school. Here she explores how administrators and staff can get things under way and why it is so important.
Kate Shepherd reviews three novels with stories that will engage and challenge young adults. The Family with Two Front Doors is based on the author’s real family while The Big Bazoohley is written in the zany style reminiscent of Roald Dahl. Words in Deep Blue is centred around a bookshop where we are drawn into the lives of the two main characters.
New book reviews
Kate Shepherd reviews three new novels – one for lower primary, one for middle school and one for secondary.
kahoot! reviewed
Frank Thompson, who teaches ESL at a busy language centre in Thailand has found one (free) online resource particularly effective for generating engagement in learning. Here’s what he has to say about kahoot!
Chris Baker arrived in August 2016 to take up a new teaching position as Head of Science at The British School, Bucharest. He discovered a Science Garden. He saw a ‘Rewilding Zone’!
Learning about finance
Businessman, entrepreneur and, yes, accountant, Tim Hill thinks a new app developed with the support of The Electronic and Software Technologies Network for Wales, might not only help students of Business Studies, but also open up a new area for teaching more general life skills to young people.
Spreading the net wider
David Boddy talks to ITM’s Andy Homden about a new careers initiative designed by the Royal Society of Medicine to encourage more applications to schools of medicine from a wider range to school leavers.
Occasional pain, abundant gain
Badrika Bahadur, a student at the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, looks at the demands and rewards of taking on the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
How to avoid under-performance in IELTs
An increasing number of students in international schools, including those following IB Diploma courses are sitting the IELTS and similar examinations of language competence, but many under-perform. Chris Jay provides some useful guidance on how to avoid pitfalls and achieve success.