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A recent Danish study revealed how students have learnt more English from playing computer games than they did at school. Playing computer games seems to be an effective way of supplementing the conventional teaching; when children play computer games in English, they use the language as a means of coping, not as an end inRead more

How and when should students access digital devices in the classroom is a constant challenge for schools. If we think of mobile phones for example, whilst some schools ban their use in the classroom, others use them as learning tools with very positive results. Catherine Smith, an expert in education equity and digital technologies inRead more

“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.” This well-known quote by B. Franklin is the essence of inquiry-based learning. Students learn more when they are actively involved in the learning process: however, traditional teaching discourages the process of inquiry, as students are required to just listen andRead more

While a teacher has a gut feeling for these things, it’s not always easy to know exactly who is or isn’t engaged in their lessons. With technology a now widely accessed resource in classrooms today, students have evolved their distractibility and are much better equipped to hide behind screens, and while noise may be atRead more