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Teacher’s Talk: Project Based Learning

Have you ever heard of Project Based Learning (PBL)? Or, how much do you know about PBL? Before I went for my formal ESL training, I was trained to teach Mathematics (7-12 years old). I had a very good lecturer, who adopted collaborative learning. It was 1997 then. Coperative and collaborative learning are the in-thing. [...]

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Hello Teachers, It’s NOT the Technology That Matters!

It is probably a trend for teachers to incorporate all sorts of technological tools in their classroom mainly due to their novelty rather than their effectiveness in achieving the lesson’s objectives. I once listened to a “tale” on how a teacher would amaze his students by showing a physics game on his iPad, claiming he has brought changes to [...]

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