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Scaffolding Academic Language with ‘What’s Missing?’ (Pre-School/lower primary)

This scaffold is magic!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind the scaffold… ‘Intelligence is not necessarily hereditary. Education can transform a child’ asserts Karl Witte*, a pioneer in blended learning. We have the tools, he says, to help our students to change the course of their academic and then professional lives, […]

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Scaffolding Classical Literature with Tabu

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… Many ESL teachers will questions the importance of teaching and using classic literature in their classes. We probably all agree that it is not easy to …………………………………………different from that of the class text. Nevertheless, through varied techniques, the reading of

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Scaffolding International Turtle Day through Poetry and Philosophy (Primary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… May 23 – International Turtle Day.  Go ahead, get it over with….have a good laugh….then keep reading! The more we know about these amazing creatures and the literary connections they inspire, the more we realise that this day gives us

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Scaffolding International Turtle Day through Poetry and Philosophy (Primary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… May 23 – International Turtle Day.  Go ahead, get it over with….have a good laugh….then keep reading! The more we know about these amazing creatures and the literary connections they inspire, the more we realise that this day gives us

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Playback Theatre: Embodying the CLIL methodology

Playback Theatre: Embodying the CLIL methodology Tomás motos teruel, ph.d.Instituto de Creatividad e Innovaciones Educativas, Universidad de ValenciaDonna Lee Fields, Ph.D.Universidad Internacional de ValenciaLACLIL (Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning)July 2014 Introduction The simultaneous education of the mind and body, the nurturing of imagination, and the use of secular venues to foment education,

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Innovation in the Face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Innovation in the Face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution David Marsh, Ph.D.Donna Fields, Ph.D.Educate Publishing, BrazilJuly, 2017 Download PDF of article here. The Four Industrial Revolutions Industrial Revolutions. While the emergence of the first industrial revolution is inextricably linked to steam-fueled engines, the second by steel, oil and electricity and the third by digital technology,

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