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Mar 30

Using jokes and memes in the English class

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Author: Sonali Bhattacharyya There are infinite possibilities of using jokes and memes in the class. These make a class interesting and funny, and help engage learners with various cultures. Jokes and memes are also a great way to introduce learners to Read more

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Dec 03

Teaching Tip #17: 7 things to keep in mind while assigning group projects

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  Assignment of group projects need clarity of planning and instruction. Here are 7 things you need to keep in mind while assigning them: Ensure that the task is challenging and interesting enough for the students.For example: “Prepare a travel Read more

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Dec 03

Teaching Tip #16: How to plan homework

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Assigning the right kind of homework and following it through is an important skill which every teacher needs to learn. The following are some tips for planning homework: Maintain a homework diary. A daily record is necessary both for the Read more

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Dec 03

Teaching Tip #15: 10 things to keep in mind while organizing a historical trip

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Historical trips bring the subject alive and often create a deep interest in learning history. For a trip to be successful, however, some amount of planning needs to be done to ensure maximum learning from the experience. Here are some Read more

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Dec 13

Teaching Tip #14: Pecha Kucha

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One of the biggest challenges for an audience today seems to be to sit politely attentive through a tedious presentation! Having sat through such tedium, many a presenter would do well to relook at yet another way to remove possibility Read more

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Dec 12

Teaching Tip #13: Relevance of VUCA in Education

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The term VUCA originated in the US military in the late 1990s and is a way of assessing and providing for the changeability of general situations and events. Today, in management studies, it is a panacea to all sorts of Read more

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Feb 23

Teaching Tip #10: Whiparound Strategy

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Whiparound is an instructional tool teachers can use to check for understanding in a group setting and for summarization. While the whip around strategy may not provide individual, student-level information about understanding, it offers a low threat environment and helps teachers Read more

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Jan 19

Teaching Tip #9: The Nudge

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What do you and I mean by a Nudge?  Besides knowing it to be something that goads a laggard forward, did you ever think it could assume the role of a methodological approach to get learners to respond? Well, not Read more

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Jan 19

Teaching Tip #8: The Zeigarnik Effect

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It was the year 1920. Bluma Zeigarnik, a Lithuanian scholar in Gestalt psychology sat in a restaurant watching waiters. Zeigarnik noticed that the waiters seemed to remember complex orders that guided them to deliver the right combination of food to Read more

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Aug 11

Teaching Tip # 7: Think Aloud Strategies for the Classroom

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Thinking aloud is a time tested instructional strategy that helps students learn how to monitor their own thinking as they read an assigned passage. They are directed by a series of questions which they think about and answer aloud while Read more

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