Innovation

Anecdotally, the use of video in teaching and learning has long been accepted as having a positive effect on both cognitive and...

There were several excellent articles and opinions recently on the value of homework. More than anything else, they serve to...

Knowing what to do with class time is a great challenge for educators. The increased presence of technology presents us with two...

There are essentially two approaches to teaching. One is explicit or direct — the I do, we do, you do principle. For the other...

Not sure if anyone else noticed the delicious irony on the Education page of the Sydney Morning Herald recently (Five Tips for...

As far as paradigm shifts go, shifting your classroom from a passive to an active learning space isn’t all that revolutionary....

Crossing a busy intersection close to home recently I noticed an advertisement for a tutoring college which promoted its active...

Let’s think for a momentConsider your personal teaching style and the basic expectations of teaching and learning of your...

Let me set the scene. You have just allocated an Atomi video to your class for them to watch at home prior to class. You have...

There was an article published in The Educator online magazine on the educational benefits gained from teaching film and film...

Despite the sceptics, I am a fan of peer learning. Students, specifically school-aged, learning from and with each other. But it...

I was recently reminded of the gulf between how I was taught at school, which had an enormous influence on how I began to teach...