We all know that motivation plays a key role in keeping students engaged and learning. While there are plenty of ways a student can keep their own motivation high, there is certainly an important part for the teacher to play here, too. Supporting student motivation is a vital skill in any teacher’s toolbox. But before […]
Helping students increase self-regulation and self-directedness is one of the main goals in the New Learning Paradigm. Increased self-regulation in students is beneficial in many ways: it helps increase motivation, produces better outcomes, and generally makes for happier learners. Of course, as with any skill, it’s important to teach and support students in improving their […]
There are many ways constructivist teaching methods have already been implemented in classrooms across the world. The ideas have certainly been incorporated into the new learning paradigm and are finding many supporters around the world. Of course, that doesn’t mean things are all rosy and we should follow the tenets of constructivism to a t. […]
There are plenty of isms out there that have to do with how and why to teach. Constructivism is only a small part of that vast cloud of terms and yet you can find it used in more direct or roundabout ways in many education philosophies. So what is constructivist teaching and how it pops […]
Take a few minutes to think about the best teacher that you have ever had. Have you ever wondered what made him or her so special? Take a look at the following qualities and keep in mind that one teacher that surprised you – you might find a lot of it familiar. 1. Empathy To […]
In the previous instalment to this post, we covered how adult brains differ from that of children’s, and how a declining brain plasticity can affect the learning experience adults have when trying to acquire a new language. But brain connections aren’t the only thing separating adult learners from children. And so, today, we’re taking a […]
While it’s certainly possible to acquire a new language at any age, it will come as no surprise that there are certain changes that happen both in the brain and in the person that make adult language learners different from their child counterparts. From changing brain plasticity to developing a stronger sense of “self”, these […]
We’re all familiar with the famous Pavlovian dogs – ring a bell and the dog begins to salivate, because it’s been trained to associate the bell with food. This is an example of classical conditioning – a small example of what is called the behaviourist school in psychology. What is more interesting than dogs associating […]
As in any field, education evolves and innovates. While, these days, much of the excitement and noise comes from the ever-evolving scene of EdTech, different changes are happening in the field, farther away from the public eye. These changes have more to do with how and what we teach as humans than supplementing the process […]
With the emergence of the novel coronavirus in the first half of 2020, the world’s education systems have been through a test by fire. On-location learning went out the window in many countries around the globe, as schools scrambled to deploy various technologies to continue learning, some more successfully than others. The already existing fault […]
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