Assessment is a necessary element in any educational setting and it significantly impacts the lives of students and teachers. Unfortunately, the topic is not so often explored in teacher education programmes or in policy-making debates. Not only does assessment influence the…
Devido a inúmeras reclamações que o Ministério Público estava recebendo em relação a escolas e empresas que se intitulavam bilíngues e com a pressão que o Conselho Nacional de Educação estava sofrendo, houve a necessidade de algumas mudanças na lei da educação.
Children’s Laureate was established in 1999 and is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to an eminent writer or illustrator of children’s books who is appointed to promote and encourage children’s interest in literature and reading. The…
Snappy Sounds is a systematic, synthetic phonics program, built by world leading educators, authors and speech pathologists, designed to make teaching phonics as simple and as speedy as possible for you and your class. Using Snappy Sounds will have pupils reading and…
Building an atmosphere for thinking
Let’s start with the general tone or mood of a class. A teacher’s routines can sometimes become rather mechanical and the energy level a bit low if people block each other’s ideas and initiatives. At other times both teacher and…
“I have to stop thinking in my native language”. This is one of the most commonly heard sentences by every language teacher (mainly in Brazil) and also something that needs to be adjusted so that the same language teachers don’t fall into this trap. Thought has no…
PARTY ANIMAL PESSOA QUE ADORA FESTAS; FESTEIRO
She’s a real party animal. Ela é o tipo de pessoa que adora festas.
PARTY POOPER DESMANCHA-PRAZERES
Don’t invite Ken. He’s a party pooper. Não convide Ken. É um desmancha-prazeres.
A palavra poop significa cocô e é…
Science of Learning (SoL), Mind, Brain, & Education (MBE), Educational Psychology, and Neuroeducation are some of the common names given to the new field dedicated to understanding how we learn. At the heart of this new field we can find different branches of Psychology…
Introduction
Every teacher knows that learner engagement is paramount to any learning experience. Without engaged students, all one can hope for is a well structured lecture to a sea of inattentive ears and utterly passive students. In this article, we will explore what I…
