His theories have been influential in all sorts of fields and have a very important role in the learning of a new language. The important thing is how to reconcile his vast work with the subject of E.L.T but he left many tracks that lead as to ideas about how a new language should be taught. Read more

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In her presentation Keri discusses the current orthodox views of the future of teaching, and argues that these are inadequate. As an alternative view, she suggests that we need to explore such issues as: 'how should relations between adults and children change?' and 'should it only be teachers who teach?'. Read more

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It’s one thing to analyse and identify the failings and challenges that education faces, but it’s another to engage in the solution. Unusually for a journalist, Charles Leadbeater appears unafraid. So if the theorists behind Every Child Matters and personalisation of learning wanted to set their reforms ablaze, and were handed a box of matches, where would they start? Read more

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Enquiring Minds is an approach to teaching and learning, developed by Futurelab, that takes students’ ideas, interests and experiences as its starting point, and provides them with more responsibility for the direction and content of their learning. Read more

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We must note that deliberate practice clearly has certain characteristics that are beyond what is reasonable for a public school teacher to implement in the classroom. However, there are at least four areas that have a great deal of relevance to today’s classroom. Read more

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