Monday, 4 May 2020
What causes gains in student learning? When a policy change or intervention yields better student learning outcomes, this is cause for celebration. But if we want those learning gains to become a reality for other children in other contexts, we need to go beyond celebration toward analysing what exactly the intervention achieved—such as whether the learning gains were accompanied by undesirable...
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Being a non-permanent teacher is not easy, especially when burdened with heavy workload, high standard of professionalism, and time-consuming administrative tasks. Such circumstances often lead to a heavy heart, bring out the urge to quit and switch to other professions that offer better welfare.
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
I've been through a lot for the past three years as a teacher. As a beginning teacher who still lacks experience, I am often underestimated or belittled by others, including the students' parents who are mostly older than me. So, how do I deal with this?
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
In my opinion, a teacher must have these three key elements: competence, creativity in teaching, and sincerity to lead their students to success. Competence is obtained in college, and one should already have the sincerity quality when deciding to pursue the teaching profession to educate the future generation.