August 12, 2019
Island Teacher
Project Based Learning (PBL) prepares students for academic, personal, and career success, and readies young people to rise to the challenges of their lives and the world they will inherit. The organisation Edutopia defined it as follows, Project Based Learning: Why, How, and Examples MAKE YOUR OWN WHITEBOARD ANIMATIONS.
January 30, 2019
Island Teacher
Too often schools set out their ‘teaching and learning stall’ before they have formulated a balanced and thoughtful curriculum offering. Establishing what is to be taught, allows a school to plan how it can be taught. School can only decide on pedagogical approaches when teachers know what pedagogical content knowledge
January 27, 2019
Island Teacher
The international community has concluded that climate change represents an urgent threat to human and natural systems (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, 2014a) and that an effective and immediate response to climate change is required to prevent hazardous human interference with the climate system (IPCC, 2014b). IPCC has
January 25, 2019
Island Teacher
Helping Parents To Support Their Children’s Maths Understanding Most parents would like to support their children at home with mathematics. Over the years, I have noticed that some parents are unsure or anxious about how they can do this. There are plenty of resources available and even videos that can
December 16, 2018
Island Teacher
According to the National Center For Excellence in Mathematics teaching (NCETM – UK), there are six main areas that together underscore children’s early mathematical learning. Teaching these well secures the firm foundations for future mathematics. Once established, children will thrive as they go through each year group in primary school.