There is a great chance you already asked your students to draw or maybe designed a lesson which students were required to show off their artistic skills regardless their age. The value of such activity when teaching infants is commonly known, they love drawing and it is a tool to check whether the students are …
Many people have probably been horrified by photos on social media of turtles with plastic straws up their nostrils or wildlife covered in oil or tangled up in plastic. But what attitudes are we taking individually and collectively as a society to help save wildlife and the environment? Below are some activities you can use …
Uma das funções que tenho em meu centro de formação de professores de língua inglesa é analisar e otimizar as atividades propostas pelos educadores. O objetivo é fazer com que os professores sejam críticos do seu próprio trabalho, mas sem criar neuras ou se diminuírem achando que são os piores professores da face da Terra. …
As the Director of Studies of a language school and teacher training center, one of my duties is to lead a group of teachers, trainers and professionals from other fields, and, on top of that, promote teamwork, career development, and of course, profit, because it is, at the end of the day, a business. I …
October comes and brings with it not only initial flowers bloom in Brazil…. but it also brings children’s day. For us, teachers of kids and young learners or even affectionate parents, it’s such a happy and hopeful day! We love to celebrate it with smiles coming from the faces of our beloved kids. When we …
Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) Elections this year have caused controversy and the heated debate is not only protagonized by politicians on the news but everybody I know has something to say about it, whether in person or on …
Infelizmente, vivemos num país em que as mulheres sofrem muito com o comportamento inadequado de muitos homens e, até mesmo, de outras mulheres. Como professores, faz parte de nossa responsabilidade abordar esse assunto com maturidade em sala de aula. Na posição de professores de línguas, somos responsáveis por levar aos alunos materiais atuais em língua …
Design Thinking in education is taking off worldwide as an effective way to come up with solutions in schools, institutions and communities. It is an opportunity for teachers and leaders to foster active problem solving within the environments they work in involving students and members of the community. Let’s take a practical example to illustrate …