A General Information Page.
Utilising your imagination is one of the most effective ways to learn. It stops the student being a passive receiver of information and makes them interact with the knowledge to become an active learner. This website is a teaching resource to assist foreign teachers at Sa-nguan Ying School. |
When you only look at the bad things you will always miss the good things.
Beware the artisan who boasts 20 years experience when they have only had one years experience 20 times. (unknown)
There is no such thing as a bad idea! It is what you do with the idea that is either good or bad. (Brett Wilkin 1982)
Discuss, สนทนา [ สน-ทะ-นา ] sŏn-tá-naa
ถก thohkL Evaluate, ประเมินผล bpraL meernM phohnR Compare, เปรียบเทียบ bpriiapL thiiapF Assimilate, ผสมกลมกลืน phaL sohmR glohmM gleuunM Depth of study, ความลึกซึ้ง khwaamM leukH seungH Analyse, วิเคราะห์ wiH khrawH Data, สถิติ saL thiL dtiL Justify, เรื่องอะไร reuuangF aL raiM Relate, เชื่อมโยง cheuuamF yo:hngM Evidences, ข้อพิสูจน์ khaawF phiH suutL Critical thinking, ชั่งใจ changF jaiM Synthesize, วิเคราะห์ wiH khrawH Application, พลิกแพลง phlikH phlaaengMStudent asks questions.นักเรียนถามคำถาม nakH riianM thaamR khamM thaamR
Training words: Mimic, Copy, Conditioning, Likeness, Replicate, Rote, Obey, Student answers, etc.
Social Networking exposes us to people’s stupidity and mediocrity as well as their wisdom. The challenge for Educators is to teach students how to tell the difference between the good the bad and the mediocre knowledge.
Your Child Has A Computer.
Many parents are managing their children’s computer and some associated behaviour problems. This is an expensive educational tool and can be used more effectively with some simple guidelines.
The Main Points to Remember are;
Open Source Software in Education
Cultural Traps (Aus Thai)
Living and working in Thailand for 15 years there have been many cultural traps that I have fallen into. At one stage I was asked to do a talk at a local university about the differences between our two cultures. That presentation is what I have re-written for this article.
Story Writing
Story Writing
Students often have problems thinking of ideas to write about. There are several different methods to solve this problem without inhibiting creativity.
It is up to the teacher to decide what it is that they are trying to achieve with their creative writing and then select a method of developing creative ideas that suits the makeup of their class.
The following ideas have proved
Hofstede's Cultural Perspective.
Individualism
'Individualism is the one side versus its opposite, collectivism, that is the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups. On the individualist side we find societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after him/herself and his/her immediate family'.
Peer Group Assessment.
Peer assessment has been in use for many years. It started for the author 25 years ago when students would bring their Technology project or wood metal project to me for assessment.
Three or four students would crowd around the job and they would be asked to describe the best thing about the project and the worst thing about the project. From this, there would be a teacher-guided discussion ending with the students giving a value out of 20 to the project.
Learning Management Systems
(hopefully a thought provoking tirade)
Now here is a big statement. If you are not involved with or have not got access to a Learning Management System you should get out of teaching.
100 thousand teachers just jumped up and down with another 100 thousand rolling over in their graves.
I will add to the statement that if you are not using an LMS your curriculum is not evolving into a quality well structured program linked to learning outcomes in a way that allow for all Blooms Taxonomy, Brain Dominance's Learning styles and Intelligences.
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