The exam season will be nearing its end this Friday, much to the relief of the students undergoing the ordeal and, whilst the debate over the value of exams is for another time, those finishing their GCSEs and IGCSEs will be considering the next stage of their education journey – Read more…
I remember back to my teacher training days and how the pedagogical aspect of it was founded on Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development. It was only through undertaking the requisite reading for an assignment that I came across Lev Vygotsky’s approach to cognitive development and, whilst it is sometimes Read more…
How VR lessons increased chemistry test scores by 68 % in a leading Estonian grammar school Virtual reality, or VR, is taking off in education with an increasing number of schools adopting the technology. Katrin Soika, a Chemistry teacher at Gustav Adolf Grammar School in Tallinn, Estonia tested VR experiences Read more…
One argument against teaching, and learning, online is that practical subjects can’t be taught practically. Generally, that’s true but there are ways in which the teaching of practical subjects become more practical, teaching them online. Science is a great example. So many science teachers shy away from practical experiments, instead, Read more…
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