#teaching guides

[stone-cold-groove]

Structures and Forces - 1972.

[teledyn]

Sibley’s Improbable How-to-Identify-Rare-Birds Advice

Birders, heed David Sibley’s improbable advice about how to identify rare birds: If you think that you, of all people, have found a rare bird, ask yourself the following questions: Is this id…

Three out of five teachers agree: curiosity is a dangerous thing, especially in students.

[litmuspress]

Have you gotten in touch about our teaching guides? 🌊

Email [email protected]

9. Jalal Toufic says, “I believe writers collaborate with each other and with artists and filmmakers and video makers in an untimely manner -- at least I do.” Begin a collaboration with Toufic. Finish it.

http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/Default.aspx?bookid=0942996550

[graphixbooks]

Looking for ways to teach graphic novels? We can help! 

Check out Scholastic’s guide for educators here. 

Here’s a snippet: “Students can compare the different experiences of receiving information through written narrative, versus receiving it visually without words. They can analyze how information about character is derived from facial and bodily expressions, and about meaning and foreshadowing from the pictures’ composition and viewpoint. You can invite students to find examples of where the viewpoint of the picture is critical to the reader’s experience of the story.” 

[therakyatpost]

New Post has been published on The Rakyat Post

New Post has been published on http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/01/21/cambridge-english-experts-to-propose-improvements-to-english-teaching-in-malaysian-schools/

Cambridge English experts to propose improvements to English teaching in Malaysian schools

Malaysian Deputy Director-General of Education (Policy and Development) Datuk Dr Amin Senin says the Cambridge study will enable the Education Ministry to set realistic and achievable targets.[/caption] LONDON

Cambridge English, an expert in language assessment in Britain, is nearing the end of its comprehensive evaluation of learning, teaching and assessment of English language in Malaysian schools from pre-school to pre-university.

Malaysian Deputy Director-General of Education (Policy and Development) Datuk Dr Amin Senin said Cambridge English was commissioned to undertake the study in May last year.

It was expected to complete the study by the end of this month and the findings and recommendations were expected to be submitted to the government in April next year.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is in London for a three-day visit, will be briefed Tuesday on the preliminary report on “The Baseline Project: Measuring English language standard and establishing an evidence-based baseline for Malaysian schools”.

The objectives of the study are to strengthen, promote and develop cooperation in English language education to ensure every child is proficient in Bahasa Malaysia and English, as endorsed by the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025.

The baseline study is a platform to benchmark the standards of English language in Malaysian schools according to international standards.

The findings from this study will enable the Education Ministry to set realistic and achievable targets for future learning and teaching. They will also provide data to monitor and evaluate whether future set targets are met and whether any planned education reforms are working as intended.

Amin said the study would measure English proficiency of students from Year 1 to Year 6. It will also measure the teaching abilities and practices in schools.

The study will review current assessment practices by analysing current examinations, test specifications, mark schemes and recent examination results at the end-of-school, end of primary school (Year 6), end of lower secondary (Form 3) and end of upper secondary (Form 5 and Form 6).

It will also analyse the current English language curricula, teaching guides, teaching materials, current examinations and recent examination data.

Asked whether the outcome and recommendations of the study would cause major adjustments to the current education policy, Amin said he did not think so.

[mozillawebmaker-blog]

Want to teach media literacy and web skills? The National Writing Project paired with The New York Times to show you how.