Today she texts me: Got to love it when a 12 year old in the wrong grade level is worrying about her progression in the future… (She has been bouncing between the UK and US system, now back in a UK aligned program hence the grade levels are off. In the US she would beContinue reading “A Great Valentine from My Kiddo”
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Self Directed Learning-Why? How?
More and more we are expecting young people to direct their own learning similar to how they navigate their own social stream or gaming consumption. Sometimes they are assigned a study period during their school day other times teachers set a task for students to do with limited direction or maybe students are at homeContinue reading “Self Directed Learning-Why? How?”
Homework: Embraced or Disregarded?
We are now into at least a month or two of school- honeymoon of when the students do as the teacher asks is way over. About now (or maybe even earlier) some students have decided to disregard homework and risk attending class with it not complete. Other students work hard to complete everything assigned regardlessContinue reading “Homework: Embraced or Disregarded?”
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