Languages, ICT, education

See how teachers are strengthening their use of formative assessments by making them part of their daily practice.

How do I help learner get beyond "just" listening? I encourage learners to listen extensively outside class, and extensive listening is recognised as beneficial to language learning. But what about...

"We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves." - Stephen Downes In this age of abundance of information, shifting classroom pedagogy isn't nearly enough to make learning in school more relevant and authentic for the learner. Self-directed learning (andragogy), and self-determined learning (heutagogy) are the ideals necessary in making students "future ready" to live and learn in a web connected world. 

Some of the best work American author Daniel Pink has done has been around intrinsic motivation. In his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Pink argues that the strongest urges to do anything significant come from within. The secret to motivational success lies in autonomy, and our desire to be self directed. ...