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Novels in the classroom: Book tips per language
An overview of novels in different languages. Here you will find titles of books in the following languages:
- French,
- English,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Russian,
- Italian,
- Turkish.
The list was drawn up by the language teachers of the Department of …
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Tim Surma with a crash course in cognitive psychology
Tim Surma is research manager of the Expertise Center ExCEL and can draw on twenty years of experience in teaching in secondary education. He also co-wrote the book Wijze Lessen: twelve building blocks for effective didactics.
In 2018 he was a guest …
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Dealing with weak executive functions
Executive functions are less developed in people with ADD. This is referred to as 'weak' executive functions.
In the article you can read more about executive functions, dealing with weak EF and training EF.
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A safe environment to make mistakes is essential
In the article you will receive useful tips to create a safe environment in which making mistakes is allowed and accepted.
The accompanying poster contains possible solutions to the statement: 'If I have done something wrong then ...'.
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Better anchor learning with the +1 routine
Testing yourself and trying to recall the important concepts after you've rehearsed something, also known as retrieval practice , often yields more learning returns than going through the subject matter a second time right away. The +1 routine is a …
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Rehabilitation for the reading seminar: Towards a slow pedagogy in professionalization
The article describes a concrete form of training (reading seminar), exposes the underlying rationale, discusses the conditions and clarifies possible effects.
It is applicable within any team of education professionals, regardless of educational …
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Podcast: Improve your students' online information skills with these tips
Searching for information online is becoming increasingly important. What can schools do to improve students' online information literacy?
More and more research shows that students are comfortable with media and devices. At the same time, they do not …
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Why every teacher should teach about fake news
'Fake news is everywhere, and young people are falling for it with open eyes'. Is that right? And what can you do as a teacher? Annelore Deprez (UGent and Artevelde University College Ghent) explains the rise of fake news and tells you how you …
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Help students to reflect on their work
The students deliver their task in the appropriate drawer:
- green (went very well),
- yellow (it took some effort),
- red (too difficult).
The students do self-assessment via this return system with three return containers.
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The System of the Houses
Kassim, a teacher from a school in Rwanda, introduced The System of the Houses there.
There the students are not only divided into grades, but also into houses , each with their own color.
Jan Royackers wrote an article about this.
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Good practices at Verhalend Ontwerp and STE (A) M activities in the third kindergarten class
The Narrative Design method, also known as the Storyline Approach, is not yet well known in Belgium. In order to give nursery and primary education teachers the opportunity to get to know such didactics, the main points are summarized in this …
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Let your students taste culture during corona
Let children and young people admire collections and the wide range of performing arts from behind their screens. Cultural institutions pull out all the stops to bring their offerings indoors.
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