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Hello everyone i hope you are doing great. This week topic is about critical thinking and vocabulary. Do you know the term "coach potatoe"? A lazy person. How many of them do you know? Perhaps, you probably are one of them, but just leaving this term, suddenly makes you think about it. That's the power of vocabulary, it enables thinking. Young people need to know how to think not what to think. We all have heard about critical thinking but what is it and how we should use it in teaching vocabulary? Critical thinking has become an essential skill in today's world, it's something that us as future teachers must learn to embrace in our classrooms because the world really needs it. Critcal thinking teaches how to prioritise time and resources allowing you to analyse what is needed, to be able to read between the lines, to ask the right questions,to think logically etc. Students should be able to ask questions and to analyse the answers and stimulate them to ask fu...

Hello everyone i hope you are all well and safe. We had a free topic to write about and i would like to talk about pedagogy the art and science of teaching. Pedagogy is a method and practice of teaching, is a way of bringing learning into life, being concerned about other's need and taking steps to help them. In ancient times teachers were moral guides who were to be obeyed, also it has been discussed a lot whether pedagogy is an art or science of teaching? Usually it was seen as a science , with traditional classroom where teacher lead the students and was teacher-centered class. But nowadays mostly agree that pedagogy is an art and science of teaching. Professors need to be experienced as people who can be trusted , respected and turned to. First we listen to students and gain their trust, and through dialogues we learn about their needs, working habits, interests and talents. Learning is a matter of head, hand and heart. Pedagogy is constantly evolving, it must fit your audienc...

 Hello everyone, i hope you are doing well. Today's topic is about constructivism and DDD-E model. Constructivism is a theory in education that recognises the learner's understanding and knowledge based on their own experiences. The essential is that learner actively construct their own knowledge and meaning from their experiences. Constructivist teachers motivate independent learners and develop their critical thinking. It differs from traditional classroom because learners are intereactive and student centered class. Knowledge must be applied because it is an interpretation of reality. It opens the learner's curiosity about something new, students can also build their knowledge to create and design something related to their needs. People create meaning through experience. So the teaching and learning process must be related to the practical real world so that classroom can share knowledge and experience actively. Constructivism encourage and accept students autonomy and ...

Hello everyone i hope that you are in good condition and safe so here we are again on blog. Today's topic is about Cooperative learning and Gardner's theory. Educators around the world recognised that not all students learn the same way. There is no general intelligence but each person has at least eight distinct intelligences. The multiple intelligences go beyond learning modalities. Implementation of Cooperative learning activities incorporating Gardner's theory have a positive effect on students attitude. When working together students of all grades achieve more academically,acquire social skills improve social realtions and like school more. Through cooperative learning we provide a positive model in our classrooms of what our society ideally can be. But what is the relation between cooperative learning and multiple intelligences? They share the same goal: to help students succeed in school and beyond it. In cooperative learning we have identified distinct strategies...