BLENDED LEARNING, FLIPPED CLASSROOMS AND REFLECTIVE LEARNING. THERE IS A HUGE ARRAY OF TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE UTILISED TO ENHANCE LEARNING OUTCOMES. Since the beginning of time, man has been in the quest for learning. ...
Around 80% of the brain architecture is developed by the age of 6. Children are the most curious and active between the ages of 2.5 and 6. In fact, as early as age 1, they ...
“Mother hovers over me like a helicopter,” complains a teen in Dr. Haim Ginott’s best-selling book, Between Parent & Teenager. In this sentence lies the origin of the metaphor of the parent as a helicopter; ...
Maths anxiety or maths phobia is a finely studied psychological state. As the name suggests, it is the fear of numbers. During childhood and adolescence, many of us have been victims to nightmares that haunted ...
That there are four predominant ways in which students might learn, is a well known theory in the education sector. This, however is not to say that a student will be completely incapable of making ...
Learning becomes meaningful when it is attuned to the needs, goals and strengths of a learner and he/she is at the helm of the learning process. However, that does not mean the isolation of the ...
Play is defined as any activity done for enjoyment without thinking about the end result. For generations, there is a current of thought that play is just for fun. It is considered a waste of ...
Introduction The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Students view short video lectures of their lessons at home before the class session. ...
Teachers teach students. However, does it go the other way round, too? Do teachers learn from students? Here are opinions from some teachers: “Don’t try to fix the students; we need to fix ourselves first. ...
By Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra Right from the time you enter the classroom and the time you leave the school building, students tend to observe you and emulate you wittingly or unwittingly. So, you have to ...