Live streaming may be one of the more effective ways to engage your students in the learning process. The concept of live streaming has generated immense popularity on social media platforms. If you’ve recorded or watched a live vlog, then already you’ve been part of live streaming. Maybe you’ve engaged with live streaming by marking [...]
It’s imperative for anyone who must stand before a classroom and teach students to be highly qualified and efficient. This is definitely non-negotiable! I mean...so many young minds are in the hands of teachers to be shaped and reshaped; as such no teacher can afford to teach nonsense. For this reason, it is important that [...]
1. Keep up with your school work. Teachers hate nothing more than having to force students to do their homework and see the kids' eyes roll (that can sometimes be insulting). If you really want to be a teacher's favourite, do extra work or put extra effort into all of your work. Who knows, you [...]
Most times when we’re asked a question, we are too often likely to say we don’t know just because the answer doesn’t easily come to mind. Are you fond of answering a question with the response “I don’t know” in the classroom? Perhaps you should consider no longer saying that phrase and instead say these [...]
Although students (and to be honest, teachers too) may sneak onto Facebook during the school hours to read or post updates, is there a reason to encourage this behaviour? There is no doubt that the usefulness of Facebook in Education is growing. Educators are beginning to realise the powerful potential that Facebook has in the [...]
In teaching and learning, teachers have a very important task of not only making the subject fun for their students, but also keeping the students interested in coming to class, either through their personality or teaching strategy There is a one to one correspondence with a teacher's way of teaching and what a student learns. [...]
The plans by the Federal Ministry of Education to make bachelor’s degree the minimum teaching qualification in Nigeria has continued to generate mixed reactions from stakeholders in the sector, with some viewing the decision as a tall order, while some others say it will make Nigeria be at par with global best practices, as well [...]
Failure is a positive act of creativity. Scientists, artists, engineers, and even entrepreneurs know this as adults. But in schools, the notion of failure is complicated. Any practice – athletic, artistic, even social – involves repeatedly failing till one gets the experience or activity right. We need to “keep the challenge constant so players are [...]