It has become increasingly clear that there are many skills which need to be taught in classrooms today, and some of the most important learning…
Tara BartonSeptember 17, 2019
Experiential learning comprises of learning activities, both inside and outside the classroom that are designed to actively engage students to learn by doing, and then…
Tara BartonAugust 20, 2019
You may have read or heard of inquiry-based learning, and the fact that it is an effective method of engaging students and creating learning and…
Tara BartonAugust 12, 2019
Not everyone is sure of the difference between effective teaching and coaching in education. Both are very important at all levels of the educational spectrum,…
Tara BartonJuly 30, 2019
Education has until fairly recently, been viewed by the majority as the transference of knowledge by teachers in subjects like Math, Science, Biology, History, English,Geography,…
Tara BartonJuly 22, 2019
A study on creativity and innovation in education showed that conventional teaching methods, aka “chalk-and-talk”, are still the way most teachers operate in the majority…
Tara BartonJuly 12, 2019
Pedagogy is a word of Greek origin made up of ‘paidos’ (child) and ‘agogos’ (leader.) So, it’s a fairly fancy word that describes the science…
Tara BartonJuly 1, 2019
You may have heard of the term ‘Service Learning’ being bandied about in educational circles, and wondered what it is, exactly. Is it just a…
Tara BartonJune 19, 2019