Category Archives: Pedagogy
We received a mention in the IBAP Regional Council Newsletter….
Here is the link for the newsletter http://issuu.com/ibasiapacific/docs/ibap_enewsletter_issue_dec-2012-webv1/3?mode=window&viewMode=singlePage
One of the biggest IB Teacher Conferences in the world!
Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Wayne Gretzky Our keynote speaker, Dr Stephen Druggan from Jakarta International School used the above quote from Wayne Gretzky, my Canadian friends tell me he is probably … Continue reading
Dunia IB Teachers’ Conference
The Dunia IB Coordinators Networks are once again hosting an IB Teachers’ conference, this year to be at SPH-Lippo (Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Lippo Village/Karawaci). It will be held on 24th of November, please see your PYP, MYP or DP for … Continue reading
Posted in Flipclass, IBO, International Education, MYP, Pedagogy, PYP
Tagged Dunia, Education, IB Teachers' Conference, Sekolah Pelita Harapan
1 Comment
IB MYP Indonesian network is hosting another MYP Induction Course
Currently we have 45 new MYP teachers from around Indonesia who have joined the IB ASIA PACIFIC DUNIA MYP INDONESIAN NETWORK’s MYP Induction Training at Global Jaya International School, Jakarta from today until Saturday morning. We are running parallel workshops … Continue reading
New education platform from TED could help power ‘flipped learning’
TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a brand-new TED-Ed website with tools to help teachers use video in the classroom. … Continue reading
Posted in Flipclass, Pedagogy
Tagged eSchool News, flip class, Flipclass, flipped learning, Khan Academy, TED, TED-Ed
Leave a comment
Misconceptions about how students learn
Seven misconceptions about how students learn Will Rogers once said, “It isn’t what people don’t know that hurts them. It’s what they do know that just ain’t so.” That’s the introduction to a list of seven myths about learning on … Continue reading
Assessment Workshop at Sekolah Cikal
I just spent a couple of days at Sekolah Cikal leading an Assessment Workshop on MYP. Sekolah Cikal is a smallish sized international school that is growing into their Middle Years Programme, currently they have Year 6 and Year 7 … Continue reading
MYP Induction Workshop
Hosted at Global Jaya International School, thirty two teachers from seven different schools in Jakarta (and Medan International School) attended.
“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.”
source of photograph “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists: Education. Man and Superman, 1903. Thanks Shaw, this one little quote has caused countless numbers of teachers grief over the years. It is … Continue reading
What teachers really want to tell parents
(CNN) — This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession. I screamed, “You … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy
Tagged best practise, Education, excellence, grades, indonesia, research, Student Centred, teaching
Leave a comment
