Many
people have probably been horrified by photos on social media of
turtles with plastic straws up their nostrils or wildlife covered in
oil or tangled up in plastic. But what attitudes are we taking
individually and collectively as a society to help save wildlife and
the…
Uma das funções que tenho em meu centro de formação de professores de língua inglesa é analisar e otimizar as atividades propostas pelos educadores. O objetivo é fazer com que os professores sejam críticos do seu próprio trabalho, mas sem criar neuras ou se…
October
comes and brings with it not only initial flowers bloom in Brazil….
but it also brings children’s day. For us, teachers of kids and
young learners or even affectionate parents, it’s such a happy and
hopeful day! We love to celebrate it with smiles coming from…
Design
Thinking in education is taking off worldwide as an effective way to
come up with solutions in schools, institutions and communities. It
is an opportunity for teachers and leaders to foster active problem
solving within the environments they work in involving…
Reading takes us to faraway places even though we may have never been there. It stimulates creativity and conjures up vivid images in our mind that television and film often present to us on a plate. Reading also helps us to develop cognitive skills, which our brain uses to…
As teachers, sometimes it might be useful to stop and think exactly what kind of guidance, tools and general help our students need to get to that next level in their English studies. Perhaps a particular student has a gap in his/her learning, such as not knowing or being…
Nina Loback is the Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools.
(You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) Considering the kind of images from other parts of the world we are bombarded with, we end up seeing stereotypical photos of…
Have you heard of the “Daily Mile” that is spreading through schools in the UK that can help improve children’s concentration levels? Basically every day for 15 minutes children can run round their school field to build up their fitness. It can be done at any time…
Nina Loback is the Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.)
If you had the chance to talk to the person you are going to be by the end of the year, would you take the opportunity? There is a…