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How to write a commentary

How to write a commentary | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"At some point in your life, you'll probably have to write a commentary. Whether you're a teacher, editor, student, or amateur critic, knowing how to constructively analyze someone's work is a useful skill ..."

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A socio-critical model for understanding and predicting postgraduate student success in ODL: A tentative exploration & glimpses of a critique

"Presentation at the Postgraduate Supervision Conference 24-27 March 2015, Spier, Stellenbosch, South Africa ..."

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Personalized learning: Is it? -- THE Journal

Personalized learning: Is it? -- THE Journal | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"'Personalized learning' is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. In our blog we cast a critical eye on this specific use of technology in education. Cutting to the chase — and answering the question in the blog’s title — no ..."

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Reading skills damaged by teaching fad says academic - Herald Scotland

Reading skills damaged by teaching fad says academic - Herald Scotland | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A leading academic has criticised Scotland's obsession with a teaching technique credited with transforming the reading skills of primary pupils..."

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E-portfolios are not the fitbit of higher education – ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

E-portfolios are not the fitbit of higher education – ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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The unit of education - David Didau: The Learning Spy

The unit of education - David Didau: The Learning Spy | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. Lord Kelvin A lot of education research is an attempt to measure the effects of teaching (or teachers) on learning (or pupils.) But is this actually possible? ..."

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Halina Ostańkowicz-Bazan's curator insight, January 11, 2015 10:18 AM

When numerical values are assigned to teaching we’re very easily are taken in. The effects of teaching and learning are far too complex to be easily understood, but numbers are easily understood: this one’s bigger than that. This leads to pseudo-accuracy and makes us believe there are easy solutions to difficult problems.

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Flipped learning skepticism: Is flipped learning just self-teaching ...

Flipped learning skepticism: Is flipped learning just self-teaching ... | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"When my colleagues and I have [taught with a flipped classroom], students do not perceive that a professor is teaching them at all, so we have comments such as, “We could just do this at home” or “Why am I paying all this ..."

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