The role of state school teachers
What I have learned in two months of being a state school teacher, and how this has changed my perspective on the role.
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teaching and education
AI in education: a reading list
This is a short curated list of posts, articles and podcasts on the role of AI in education, and on some of the threats this new and relatively unknown technology poses on our society and our schools.
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Cambridge DELTA: is it worth it?
In this post I summarise my experience with Cambridge DELTA, which unfortunately has been mainly negative, and I explain why I would recommend to enrol in a Master’s Degree instead.
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From TEFL to school teacher
In this post, I briefly summarise the new challenges I am facing now that I have moved from the TEFL industry to being a school teacher.
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My teacher EDC (everyday carry) #2
Read about what stationery I bring to school every day and why. In this post, I describe by teacher on-the-go office pouch and its contents.
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My teacher EDC (everyday carry) #1
Read about what stationery I bring to school every day and why. In this post, I describe by teacher EDC pencil case.
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Teaching the unteachable
What do you do when you find yourself in front of a class of teenage students who are completely demotivated? I don’t really know, but in this post I share some questions for reflection.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy and the Italian education system
My reflections on the (non) development of higher order thinking skills in Italian education, including higher education.
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Leaving for Sofia, Bulgaria
In a couple of days I will be leaving to attend a 5-week intensive Delta module two course at AVO Language School in Sofia. I have been working on the distance part in the last month (including my experimental practice and first drafts of LSA1), but the bulk of the course will be while I
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