Limiting beliefs can have a negative impact on your and your students’ learning…and what we can learn from rice Do you ever express doubts about your professional abilities, being able to remember the contents of the topics you are studying, the presentation you will have to give in front of the panel, your ability to […]
On Friday, 16th of December, parents and schoolchildren in Arganda del Rey, a town South-East off the city of Madrid and with a growing population, were demonstrating to demand a long-promised bilingual secondary (or high) school. Since one of the participants is part of the Poppies’ Collaborative Group and Poppies stands for the quality of public education, I am […]
¿Afirmas, como todas, que tus niños son los mejores? ¿Crees que la escuela pública es para aquellos que no pueden pagar otra educación mejor? ¿Cuál piensas que es el fin o finalidad de la escuela pública? Te propongo ahora el siguiente ejercicio Listening Practice Te servirá tanto si quieres mejorar tu inglés, como si estás preparándote para […]
Expertos y profesionales coinciden: En el siglo XXI la educación y el aprendizaje tienen que estar orientados a la maestría, en lugar de preparar a alumnos a pasar unas pruebas estándar. Parece que el Ministerio de Educación español, se está retractando y ha decidido promover un Pacto Educativo en España. ¡Por fín! Ojalá sea eficaz, beneficioso para los […]
Three issues I would like to raise here to serve us as Food for Thought: Food-4-Thought no. 1: What are the Spanish Education Authorities doing to ensure that every student gets the education they need for the 21st century? I’m afraid not much. I spent last year and a large part of this reading and […]
