As teachers we come into contact with a huge range of students from multiple diverse backgrounds and it is vital that we ensure all students feel included and part of lessons and school life at all times rather than alienated or excluded. We must exercise our teacher professionalism and put aside any personal beliefs we […]
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Alicia Soares is an experienced educator in Jamaica, and in her role as Ambassador has shared her thoughts and strategies on Formative Assessment. Formative assessment is used to keep track of students’ progress, monitoring their attainment levels and as teachers we can use this technique to help plan lessons and adjust our teachers to ensure
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Introduction As an educator passionate about continuous learning and professional development, joining the Commonwealth Education Trust (CET) Partnership has been one of the most enriching experiences of my career. From being a dedicated classroom teacher to mentoring fellow educators, the CET partnership has provided me with valuable resources, global connections, and transformative experiences that have
By Essoung epse Nkoa Sandrine Laure Sandrine is a highly experienced Ambassador based in Cameroon and frequently offers insights, suggestions and personal experiences to help and support other teachers in the profession. Here she shares one particular experience to settle a larger class. I just wanted to share that during my lower secondary school years,
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One of the biggest challenges that comes up time and again with our communities, is the issue of teaching larger group sizes. Many teachers have student groups higher than 35, and in some cases reaching numbers of 84. Therefore, we would like to share some strategies and ideas that may perhaps help support effective teaching
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We are delighted to announce the release of our 2024 Impact Report. Teach2030 is brought to you by The Commonwealth Education Trust. This annual report is an essential part of measuring the effectiveness of our work, which we do under 3 overarching categories: This year, we are celebrating. Our reach, enrolment and improvement levels are
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Our new competition course ‘Asking Questions in Your Classroom’ is completely free! It encourages you to use more effective questions by considering what a question is and consider its purpose in the classroom. Learn about different types of questions, including open and closed, before discussing Bloom’s Taxonomy. Hear about scaffolding, which is the process of
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Questioning is a very effective teaching tool that we can use in our classrooms regularly. We can also use questioning to reach all levels of learners and attainment as long as we ensure that we are being mindful of our audience. It would not be appropriate to pose a higher order question to one of
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As educators it is our role to encourage our learners to become independent and questioning citizens of society. To this end we need to guide our students towards a higher level of thinking and working. Regarding Bloom’s Taxonomy, the obvious starting point with our students is to clarify their understanding – asking students to recall
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When we consider questioning in our classrooms, it is important to understand the different types of questions and what purposes we use them for. We frequently ask a variety of questions to our students but we must be mindful of what we are trying to achieve with our questions and the best type of question
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