Content related to pedagogy and education. Here you will find posts about pedagogy to answer any questions you have as a parent or educator.
Sep04
Barbara Oakley’s NY Times Op-Ed has stirred much debate. In fact, it was one of the most emailed articles last week. Why? It touches on a fundamental element that can be found across many disciplines: practice. On one side of the discourse, there are those inspired by Barbara Oakley or Angela Duckworth who believe practice, […]
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If we understood the enormous effect that our most basic expectations have on children’s lives, perhaps we would choose to be language gardeners to know how to take care of our words. In 1965, Rosenthal and Jacobson coined the term Pygmalion Effect, after a research project they carried out in a California school that aimed […]
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The Importance of Math Education in Singapore Singapore is very aware that math learning is a fundamental part of any education system with the objective to prepare citizens for the twenty-first century. This is reflected in the document describing the education reform that was first implemented in 2013. The nation knows that the development of […]
Continue reading »Aug23
In barely 10 years, phones have gone from being a simple form of communication to becoming an indispensable necessity for people’s lives. The internet, social media…experts call it “the era of over-connection.” So, how are we going to demand that our little ones leave the technology bubble if we are not even able to manage […]
Continue reading »Jul16
In today’s post we are going to talk about the foundations of the Singapore Method. First off, here is a bit of history: Singapore is a very small country situated between Malaysia and Indonesia that lacked (and still lacks) natural resources. In 1965 Singapore was an island of fishermen, and now it has one of […]
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