Posts A-Z

• A mini guide to lesson observations (part 1)
• A mini guide to lesson observations (part 2)
• A way to introduce mind mapping tools to students
• Adopting a Philosophy for Children (P4C) approach in Hong Kong
• An investigation into Lesson Study’s potential to augment reflective practice and to foster self-efficacy for novice academic teaching staff
• Apps for Self-directed Learning
• Are teacher development workshops worthwhile?
• Can Differentiated Instruction lead to Self-directed Learning?
• Case study: Initiating a Peer Mentoring Programme in higher education
• Concept checking – a valuable technique for any educator
• Crafting a high quality examination paper
• Differentiated Instruction (DI) – a strong rationale but does it really work?
• Does Differentiated Instruction belong in higher education?
• Flipped Learning: Just another teaching template
• Flexible design of self-access learning centres for longevity
• From reading to reading critically
• Hong Kong secondary curriculum renewal: Challenges and successes
• Integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with Task-based Learning (TBL)
• Key research findings about Differentiated Instruction
• Key research findings about Flipped Learning
• Key research findings about questioning skills to promote higher order thinking
• Learning-based Learning
• Learning style inventories: Dubious but useful for learner training anyway?
• Lecturers only learn about teaching, they don’t learn teaching
• Life after CELTA and CertTESOL: Effective online professional development for novice ESOL teachers
• Loop input: A valuable training strategy
• Managers’ feedback and its impact on development and motivation
• Motivation for secondary/high school students
• My Personal Learning Network
• Not jolly but folly phonics for China
• Problem-Based Learning: Scaffolding in problem crafting and at the problem identification stage
• Reasons why teaching in higher education could be better
• Reflections on STEM education
• Teaching Philosophy for Children online – how and why?
• 10 advantages of self-directed learners in the workplace
• 10 assessment myths?
• The formative and summative assessment disambiguator
• The value of art in educational websites
• Ways to tackle plagiarism
• What is ‘global competency’ for university students?
• Why I hate ‘knowledge sharing’!!