The purpose of the Essay scholarship competition hosted by the United Bank for Africa (U.B.A) foundation is to promote a reading culture and encourage healthy and intellectual competition among secondary school students in Nigeria. The registration for the eleventh edition is ongoing. The essays are usually handwritten and submitted to the U.B.A office to be [...]
Definition 1: exhibiting or marked by thrift or economy; especially: frugal to the point of stinginess 2: sparing, restrained
Definition 1: exhibiting or marked by thrift or economy; especially: frugal to the point of stinginess 2: sparing, restrained
Meaning: To say something inaudibly, making it difficult for others to hear. Synonyms: Mutter, murmur. Example: He mumbled something I couldn't hear.
Meaning: To bring together two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. Synonyms: Consolidate, converge, fuse, meld, unify. Example: She conflated the three plays to produce a new one entirely.
The last few years have witnessed a dramatic change in the learning model. The way students are being taught today is very different from the teaching methods that were adopted a few decades back. Technology has brought about various changes in the way education is delivered and received. From self-learning to flipped classroom approach, we [...]
Given the current political climate marked by an increase in school-based hate crimes, engaging students in authentic conversations related to the social, cultural or political—without fear of alienating those who hold different opinions and ultimately compromising curiosity, openness, and critical thinking—can seem like a near-impossible task. Further, educators often express a lack of pedagogical confidence to effectively [...]
Share everything. That was Robert Fulghum’s first lesson in Kindergarten. It turns out that learning to share will be even more important than Fulghum thought. How we share will shape the next 50 years of human existence. Production has been the focus of modern economies. We’ve reached the point where we’re good enough at production to feed, clothe, [...]
In today’s world of standardized tests, we have an abundance of data available about our children. While all standardized tests are not equivalent and some reveal much more about our children’s capabilities than others, parents today have more information about their children than ever before. As beneficial as such information can be, it also [...]
Students can’t learn to become a “good person” by doing a worksheet, and their creativity can’t be measured by taking a test. With that said, as teachers, we often feel that it is our duty to teach them to master academic standards, while also empowering them to think creatively, work together, and above all, [...]