Broaching the issue: older learners
Watch a teacher talking about how she has raised internet safety issues with her university-aged learners. Consider the following questions: How similar do Nora’s learners sound to your own learners? …
Course: The Classroom and the World
Classroom activities for critical thinking
Watch learners participating in critical thinking activities in the classroom. As you watch, consider the questions below: How do the activities in this lesson promote critical thinking? What other classroom …
Has technology changed the way we teach?
Suzanne introduces this week’s focus on information communications technology (ICT). Watch teachers talking about technology and how it has changed, or hasn’t changed the way they teach. Who do you …
Policy and teachers
Watch teachers talking about national policy in their countries and how it affects them, as teachers. After you watch, post your comments on the question below. Which teacher’s context is …
Broaching the issue: children
In the UK, the organisation Childnet has produced a series of five videos to introduce different aspects of internet safety to 7-11 year olds. Watch the video and consider these …
Collaborative learning and languages
Watch teachers talking about how they use collaboration when teaching English. As you watch, think about the questions below. What collaborative activities do you use in your classroom? How do …
Using technology to plan lessons
Using technology doesn’t mean that you have to have a fully-equipped classroom. You can use the technology you have access to outside of class to help you to plan lessons. …
Child protection policy
The British Council follows a strict child protection policy, in accordance with UK Child Protection laws. This ensures that children that the British Council is responsible for (as part of …
Why Promote Critical Thinking?
In traditional education systems, the teacher was seen as the only knowledge source. Learners could not access knowledge without the teacher and were not encouraged to do so. Learning happened …
Case study: bullying
Watch teachers talking about what they would do if they discovered a learner was being bullied. This is the situation: You notice one of your learners, who used to participate …
Video review of Week 3
Claire looks back at some of the talking points from this week. Below are links to the comments and conversations she mentions. Maria and Katy – importance of involving parents, …
Week 2 review
Summary of Week 2 by Claire It’s been a great couple of weeks so far. Thank you all for your insights, time and comments. There are too many to mention, …
Week 3 review
A review of this week by Claire This week we’ve focused on educational policy and practice. It’s been fascinating learning about how ‘things are done’ differently in different countries, and …
Video Review of Week 2
Claire looks back at some interesting talking points from this week. Below are links to the conversations and websites she mentions. Liliana, overcoming obstacles helps us deal with tech failure …