Month: August 2018

August 25, 2018 Island Teacher No comments exist

Employers are often bemoaning the fact that many young people entering the marketplace do not have enough personal resilience to see a task through when they get stuck or enter a challenging longer collaborative group project. In one sense, these kinds of learning opportunities are not so much measuring knowledge…

August 21, 2018 Island Teacher No comments exist

Erik Ellefsen is an American educator with an interest in educational leadership. In this podcast he talks to Australian national educational leader Daniel Pampuch. Daniel is CEO of Christian Schools Australia where he oversees 140 schools and provides advocacy for another 40 – representing 60,000 students. He completed his Ph.D….

August 19, 2018 Island Teacher No comments exist

In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process. The website Edutopia has some excellent ideas about scaffolding put forward by Rebecca Alber. Edutopia Scaffolding ideas [thumb link=”true” size=”lg”]https://www.edutopia.org/blog/scaffolding-lessons-six-strategies-rebecca-alber[/thumb] [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTR_snb-0nQ[/embedyt]