Teaching to large audiences
This post offers some recommendations on what to do if teaching involves larger audiences rather than smaller groups.
Ice breakers: starting lessons or meetings
This post is about ice breakers, and how we can plan for starting a session effectively without distracting from our contents.
Guest post: Creativity in the Curriculum – An Exam Production-Line
In this guest post Dr Helen Ross reflects on the exam production line of our current school system.
Article: Increasing students’ engagement with reflections
This article seeks to explore the nature and depth of students’ engagement by providing an example from a teacher education programme.
Teaching international students
I have been asked about strategies for teaching international students. In principle, we should continue focussing on group work and sharing experiences and thus building collaborative, reflective practices. So the strategies I am presenting here for teaching international students are merely a reminder of good teaching practice, as they will be beneficial for all students.
Article: Partnership in learning
This paper outlines two distinct staff-student collaborations and how such a partnership may innovate teaching practices.
Article: Partnership in teacher education
This article is an example of student-staff collaboration within the community of practice of trainee teachers.
Ableism in the curriculum
In this post, I explain what ableism in the curriculum is, and what we as teachers can do to counter ableism in the curriculum.
Providing feedback for learning
Providing feedback is important to improve learning. So here are some examples for providing feedback that foster students' engagement.
What’s your message?
In this post I am asking "What's your message?". This is about teachers' behaviours and attitudes and how students perceive these.
Strategies for learning names of students
Strategies for learning names at the beginning of an academic year, and reasons for why learning names is important.
Guest post: So we are all gifted and talented
Having read "Peak" guest blogger Craig Brown argues that gifted and talented provision needs to be reviewed.
How to flip, so it’s not a flop
This post provides some guidance on how to organise your lesson to flip successfully, as to flip cannot be done thoughtlessly.
Is flipped learning really all the rage?
In this article about flipped learning I argue that flipped learning should only be used as one teaching method amongst many others.
Playing games in lessons
Games are often used as motivators in lessons, but games shall not become the main focus. We are teachers and learning needs to be central to lessons.
Using audience response systems for teaching
In my experience using audience response systems in secondary or higher education can improve participation and engagement amongst learners.