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How much do teachers get paid?

Aspiring teacher gets teaching experience in a classroom

Do you want to become a teacher but feel confused about your earning potential? Here, we look at how much teachers get paid across all the different teaching roles.

Category: Career Development, Job Market, Teaching

How much do teachers get paid?

Do you want to become a teacher but feel confused about your earning potential? Here, we look at how much teachers get paid across all the different teaching roles.

Category: Career Development, Job Market, Teaching

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Instructional Design and Curriculum Development: Definitions and Differences

Discover the differences between instructional design and curriculum development with our handy break-down of the techniques and skills needed for both.

Category: Educators, General, Learning

How to get teaching experience: 8 top tips

Is it your dream to become a teacher? Find out how to get teaching experience, so you can give yourself the best possible chance of achieving your goal.

Category: Career Development, Job Market, Teaching

Earth Day: Is Spaceship Earth heading for environmental disaster?

Explore how systems thinking could help us avoid environmental disaster in this Earth Day guest post by Professor Tom Oliver.

Category: Current Issues, Educators, General

How to become a teacher in the UK

From taking a PGCE to becoming a teaching apprentice, discover the different options available to you if you're considering becoming a teacher in the UK.

Category: Career Development, General, Job Market, Teaching

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What is classroom management?

Effective classroom management is a vital skill for any teacher. We explore what it is, why it’s needed and provide guidance on how you can sharpen your classroom management skills …

Category: Educators, General, Teaching

Online teacher delivers lesson to digital classroom

How to teach online: 8 courses for the digital classroom

Whether you’re an in-person teacher, online educator or a learning institution, these 8 online teaching courses will help you elevate your skills in the digital classroom.

Category: Career Development, Digital Skills, Educators, General, Teaching

Teacher uses trauma-informed care approach with student

The importance of language in trauma-informed care of children

Discover how your language choices can deeply affect the children and young people you care for, in this guest post by Dr Christine Hadfield at the University of Glasgow.

Category: Career Development, Educators, General

How to Improve your English Academic Writing for University Study

Find out more about academic writing in UK higher education with our guest post by Brian Turner, an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lecturer for the International Study and Language …

Category: Educators, General

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First teaching job: What kind of teacher should I be?

So, you want to become a teacher? It’s time to figure out exactly what kind of teacher you want to be before you take the next steps.

Category: Career Development, Job Market, Teaching

Is this the future of language teaching?

We spoke to Scott Granville, co-founder of New Zealand education innovators, Chasing Time English, about his creative teaching methods, why students find his online English courses so effective, and the …

Category: Educator Interviews, Educators, General, Learning, Upskilling

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What is a Raspberry Pi and what can it be used for?

Learn what a Raspberry Pi is as we explore the advantages of using a Raspberry Pi and its teaching possibilities.

Category: Digital Skills, General, Teaching

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Educating adults: How to teach adult learners

Teaching adult learners is a very different experience to teaching younger learners. We explore some techniques for teaching adult learners and discuss how to motivate them.

Category: Teaching

How to teach English abroad

Interested in teaching English abroad? We discuss your options for teaching English as a foreign language and provide you with tips to get started.

Category: Career, Career Development, How To, Teaching

How to effectively teach STEM subjects in the classroom

Teaching STEM subjects in the most effective way can require non-traditional approaches to learning. Here we provide all the information and tips you need to inspire your students.

Category: Career, Career Development, Educators, How To, Teaching

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How much do teachers get paid?

How much do teachers get paid?

Instructional Design and Curriculum Development: Definitions and Differences

How to get teaching experience: 8 top tips

Earth Day: Is Spaceship Earth heading for environmental disaster?

How to become a teacher in the UK

What is classroom management?

How to teach online: 8 courses for the digital classroom

The importance of language in trauma-informed care of children

How to Improve your English Academic Writing for University Study

First teaching job: What kind of teacher should I be?

Is this the future of language teaching?

What is a Raspberry Pi and what can it be used for?

Educating adults: How to teach adult learners

How to teach English abroad

How to effectively teach STEM subjects in the classroom

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