Learning to Listen
Stop for a moment and listen. What can you hear? Children playing? Adults talking? Lights buzzing? A... Read more
Category: Teaching strategies
Lessons from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on the importance of engagement
One of the Cambridge learner attributes is ‘engaged.’ Robert Pirsig’s book ‘Zen and the art ... Read more
Talking about oracy: how teachers can develop their students’ speaking skills
Helen Rees-Bidder is the author of ‘Approaches to Learning and Teaching First Language English’.... Read more
Have you ever asked your students how they learn?
When I asked my A Level history students how they learnt, I was surprised that my most experienced s... Read more
Using TED Talks in the classroom
It is rarely possible to bring world class guest speakers in to school to lecture students about the... Read more