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The Importance of Routines, Norms and Consequences in Face-to-Face and Online Classes (Part 2 of 3)

Download PDF of blog here. How do routines promote a safe learning environment? In Part 1 of 3, we discussed the importance of norms and consequences and how they promote a safe learning environment. When students are allowed to be involved in the process of creating key elements within the classroom, they become, amongst many […]

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Hidden Gender Biases in the classroom and How they Affect Our Students from pre-school onwards

Download PDF of blog here. Sociologists of education have demonstrated that schools have hidden curriculums. This includes shaping students from the outside in the presumption that to shape the body is to shape the mind, ultimately making manipulated differences appear and feel natural. In language classes, we have a unique opportunity to address this issue

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The Importance of Routines, Norms and Consequences in Face-to-Face and Online Classes (Part 1 of 3)

Download PDF of blog here. Do routines promote strong learning environments? Easy answer: YES! Yes they do!!! How to begin… Jane Nelsen, Positive Discipline Is most of your time carrying out lessons you’ve carefully planned for your students? Or do you find that most of your energy in class is spent trying to find ways

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What is a scaffold?

Download PDF of blog here. Scaffolds. What are they and why should we care? Let’s take the first part of the question first: What in the world are scaffolds? You’ve heard the term over and over again, but you haven’t really been able to figure out what it has to do with you – with

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Scaffolding Graphs with Higher-Order Level Questions (Pre-School/lower primary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… Higher-order level questions – those that elicit deeper thinking – help students to stretch their thinking, and engage their curiosity, their reasoning ability, their creativity, and independence. These questions encourage students to open their minds, they offer opportunities to produce original

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Scaffolding Graphs with Higher-Order Level Questions (Pre-School/Lower primary)

************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… Higher-order level questions – those that elicit deeper thinking – help students to stretch their thinking, and engage their curiosity, their reasoning ability, their creativity, and independence. These questions encourage students to open their minds, they offer opportunities to produce original thinking.  A well-structured  question

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Scaffolding Maps & Graphs with Higher-Order Level Questions (Primary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind the scaffold… Higher-order level questions – those that elicit deeper thinking – help students to stretch their thinking and engage their curiosity, their reasoning ability, their creativity, and independence. These questions encourage students to open their minds, they offer opportunities to

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