Bidding for Knowledge
In ToK, students need to think about the methods used to gain new knowledge across the Human Sciences and whether these different methods...
Collaboration and Group Work
I was in the staff room a few weeks ago looking at a book that someone had left on one of the tables. You will probably want to know the...
Dunning-Kruger and Curse of Knowledge
Recently I have been looking into the idea of Cognitive Biases (https://yourbias.is/), both from a personal level and an educational...
The benefits of blogging
I am currently reading the excellent Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel. The way that story...
4th Education Conference 2018 Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds
“By 2030 depression will be the most significant health issue facing the millennial generation”. (WHO, 2012) Conference Overview The...
Importance of learning outside the classroom
“NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root...
APRENDIZAJE ACTIVO
Durante las últimas semanas, los profesores de Castellano de P6 decidimos darles un rol más protagónico a nuestros alumnos. Identificamos...
Teaching for Mastery in Mathematics
Maths No Problem! Primary Series 3 day workshop in Birmingham, UK The latest curriculum in England has three aims: - Fluency - Problem...
IB Heads Conference 2018
Overview As many conferences are this was something of a curate’s egg. There were some very good parts and some weak ones. There were...
THE CUTTING EDGE IN IB SPORT SCIENCE
6B Students learn about heart and lung anatomy, structure and function by dissection. In PE one of our key foci in teaching and learning...