As teachers we have two very powerful tools that we can use to develop our teaching and achieve successful outcomes: praise and feedback. These two methods come hand in hand and can be used as very effective motivators and tools of recognition. They are ways that we can develop our relationships with our students, nurture […]
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Over the past few months Alex and I have been working on a particularly challenging but inspiring project supporting the Ministry of Education in the Seychelles and their Teacher Professional Development strategy. It has been an interesting project, beginning with a review of their Teacher Competency Standards and getting to grips with the practices and
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The way we think determines all the outcomes we have; we have the ability to shape and manage our direction in life and in our career, as well as that of our learners. Therefore, the way we think has an incredibly large impact on the direction that we take – or don’t take. The way
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a journey through the understanding of growth and fixed mindsets and how the mindset we have affects our teaching. If you’re reading this blog then you’ve taken the decision to pause and reflect on your own mindset. Fantastic! Now would be great time to ask yourself the
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One of my favourite jobs here at Teach2030 is looking through the feedback given by participants in our courses. It is so wonderful and yet so humbling to hear how our courses have improved your teaching and improved your learners’ experiences. It is enriching to hear how our strategies are allowing students to progress, have
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Learning is a massive concept and has many layers attached to it. As Educators we are always providing learning to others – it is what we do, our job, our duty, our responsibility but most of all our privilege to shape the minds of the young people we teach. However, learning does not just stop
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A fixed mindset is when you believe that intelligence is something that you have or don’t have. A growth mindset is when you have a strong belief that your intelligence can be developed. Embrace teacher professional development with a Growth Mindset with Teach2030
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By Fanny Nombulelo Agnes Malikebu Introduction The most frequent methods used by the teacher in Geography are exposition, worksheets, note-giving, individual exercises and extended reading. Use of a range of strategies encourage lots of different responses from lots of different learners. The ‘No Hands Up’ approach for instance, can make classrooms more engaging and is
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To be a teacher is to take on a very privileged, rewarding and challenging career. Working in the classroom on a daily basis with young people as our regular audience can lead us to question whether we are doing things right. We wonder could we have delivered a certain task in a better style? Could
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A Teacher Portfolio is such an important aspect of TPD and Growth Mindset. It is your own record of evidence of all that you have achieved in your career and as such is something you can be very proud of. As we continue on our career pathways it is vital that we own our progression
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