10 Reasons to Try Hexagonal Thinking – Make & Do I made this to try out some Hexagonal Thinking activities. The colored tags could be used for different concepts within the thinking map such as: potential solutions, resources, people involved, or anything else that makes sense in your activity. 1. It is simple. Hexagonal Thinking is simple yet powerful. Students can make their thinking visible by writing ideas on a hexagon and forming connections. 2. As groups rearrange the hexagons in a variety of ways, they begin to see how others view the world–the very definition of empathy. 3. I wasn’t convinced of this until I tried it, but the shape of the hexagon itself allows for more creative connections due to the number of sides and the way your eyes and brain search over the whole thinking map to seek connections. 4. Communication skills are strengthened since the thought experiment ideally requires collaboration. 5. The original context for hexagonal thinking as far as I can tell was actually in the corporate world. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Six Things Sociology | Appendix B: texts and summaries This is a list of readily available classic and seminal texts that will help introduce students to sociology, stimulate their 'sociological imagination' and develop their ability to compare and contrast different sociological perspectives. These are not the only texts that can be studied. We encourage teachers to discuss examples of more up to date research with their students whenever possible, but it's not expected. Families Delphy C and Leonard D, Familiar Exploitation, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1992 Writing from a feminist perspective Delphy and Leonard emphasise the importance of work. Oakley A, ‘Conventional families’ in Rapoport et al. Writing from a feminist perspective, Oakley addresses the idea of the conventional family which she defines as ‘nuclear families composed of legally married couples, voluntarily choosing the parenthood of one or more children’. Rapoport R and Rapoport R N, ‘British families in transition’ in Rapoport et al. Education Ball S J, Beachside Comprehensive.
L’approche « agile » pour accepter les changements | Le blog de Thierry GUIETTE Posted on Jan 31, 2018 in A la une, Blog, Projet, Scrum La gestion même du projet peut sembler se complexifier au regard des ajustements continuels entre les contraintes de délais et de budget. Les risques se multiplient, du fait même de cette gestion, et alimentent les difficultés du Chef de Projet. C’est dans ce cas précis que la philosophie « agile » prend tout son sens. Dans le domaine informatique par exemple, le rapport CHAOS, publié en 2015 par le « Standish Group » (rapport réalisé à partir de 50 000 projets de développement logiciel à travers le monde.), celui-ci confirme que le taux de réussite des projets « agiles » atteint 39% (toutes tailles de projets confondues) contre 11% de réussite pour les projets en méthode « classique ». On favorisera les équipes de petite taille (10 personnes environ) ayant si possible un profil polyvalent. Autres facteurs impactant les délais Time box Le time boxing peut également aider à :
Jeremy Harmer | ELT writer, presenter, teacher & trainer Digital Skills Support Improving your personal digital skills and applying these skills in teaching and learning. We all need to keep our digital skills up to date, for our own personal use, to operate more effectively in our jobs and to help improve the digital skills of our learners. We are stronger in the areas that we practise regularly and not so confident with digital skills that we use less often. There is a need for us to support our learners consistently to develop and use a wide range of digital skills. We have developed two sets of courses to support you in this area: Enhancing your personal digital skills A free online course that will help you to develop your personal digital skills with ideas about how to use the skills with learners. Use the self-assessment tool to help work out what you should look at and review how you have improved having worked through each module. Courses and workshops to further develop your skills. 2.
Augmenter sa concentration : être 100x plus efficace L’ennemi de la concentration, c’est le manque d’intérêt. Mais pas seulement. Je vous propose en quelques points des pistes pour augmenter sa concentration. 1. Se libérer l’esprit Il faut se débarrasser de toutes ces petites idées parasites qui surgissent au mauvais moment. La solution : avoir un bloc notes à portée de main, afin d’y noter toutes ces petites choses, et de pouvoir ainsi se libérer la tête. 2. Nous l’avons vu, l’esprit humain est ainsi fait, qu’il ne peut rester concentré sur quelque chose qui ne l’intéresse pas. La solution : Tenir le cerveau en éveil en cultivant un intérêt pour ce que l’on fait. 3. L’esprit est capable de produire quantité d’efforts, pour peu qu’on lui indique la bonne direction. La solution : Indiquer à son cerveau ce que l’on a à faire, et le temps que l’on souhaite y consacrer. 4. En assimilant un plaisir à la réussite de s’être concentré sur une tâche, on l’encourage à recommencer. 5. La concentration, faut-elle l'entraîner comme un muscle ?
Professional Learning Community Definition A professional learning community, or PLC, is a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of students. The term is also applied to schools or teaching faculties that use small-group collaboration as a form of professional development. Shirley Hord, an expert on school leadership, came up with perhaps the most efficient description of the strategy: “The three words explain the concept: Professionals coming together in a group—a community—to learn.” Professional learning communities tend serve to two broad purposes: (1) improving the skills and knowledge of educators through collaborative study, expertise exchange, and professional dialogue, and (2) improving the educational aspirations, achievement, and attainment of students through stronger leadership and teaching. In professional learning communities, teams are often built around shared roles or responsibilities. Reform Debate
Futuredocs | About FUTURE DOCS is a platform for creative encounters between documentary filmmakers and human rights defenders. It stems from a deep and established conviction that even though these two groups very often strive to turn the public’s attention to pressing issues, too rarely do they have a chance to work together. As a result, many exigent human rights problems remain hardly known, while other are hugely overrepresented. Why should filmmakers and human rights defenders take part in the project? FUTURE DOCS is based on the idea of a reversed pitching. Filmmakers intrigued with given human rights topics or stories get to work with experts on the issue, who provide insight, information, and access to people on the ground. To ensure the effectiveness of the encounters and maximize the potential for a successful cooperation between filmmakers and human rights defenders, the whole process is supervised and coordinated by tutors–industry and communication experts. How to Apply Filmmakers History
14 règles pour organiser son temps - Méthode NERAC Dans la multitude de méthodes pour bien gérer son temps, l’une d’elles se nomme NERAC. Simple et efficace, elle se distingue des autres méthodes par le fait qu’elle nous invite à prévoir l’imprévu. Pour savoir faire face aux imprévus, il est nécessaire de réserver une marge temporelle avant et/ou après une activité et la noter dans son agenda. Bien que peu utilisées dans le cadre de nos activités quotidiennes, nous appliquons régulièrement, sans le savoir, les préceptes de cette méthode lors de voyages. En effet, avec l’augmentation du trafic, il est devenu normal d’anticiper les ralentissements lors d’un trajet en voiture. Pour vos activités principales, pensez aussi à la méthode NERAC et ajoutez, avant ou après, 1/3 du temps initialement planifié pour une tâche. Notez les activités à réaliser Chaque jour, se fixer un objectif précis avec des résultats à atteindre. Estimez la durée pour chaque activité Avoir une estimation des temps moyens nécessaires pour des activités principales.
100 Teaching Tips - An interview with Penny Ur, Part 1 This week we are excited to announce the publication of Penny Ur’s new title 100 Teaching Tips, the latest in our Cambridge Handbook for Language Teachers series. This practical book provides a set of 100 hands-on tips across 19 different areas of classroom teaching, based on Penny’s comprehensive teaching experience in ELT over the past 40 years. To celebrate its launch we sat down with Penny to find out more about the book, and her personal experiences related to teaching. “I got excited about ideas that I wanted to convey to other teachers…the same sort of motive that made me want to become a teacher; I know something, I’m excited about it, I want other people to know” (Penny Ur, 2016). In Part 1 of our interview below, Penny explains why she decided to write ’100 Teaching Tips’. About the author: Jess Hytner+ Jessica Hytner is an ELT Marketing Executive at Cambridge University Press
Independent learning and spaced learning For the 2016/17 academic year I was determined that I would use a more flipped learning and independent learning style with my A Level students, and start introducing it with my GCSE classes as well. I wanted to do this as I felt that by spoon-feeding the students the information I was doing them a disservice and, rather than educating them, I was just schooling them for the exam. I also selfishly, wanted to try and create a better work/home balance and be more organised in my planning. So I started to using a new Lecture-Seminar system with the A level classes. At the end of the Autumn term “This gave the students some focus for their independent study.”I conducted an academic student voice survey to see what the students’ thoughts were on this system. I had been over the spaced revision system with the students’ multiple times, but it didn’t seem to be helping with the self-study, so it needed to be adapted slightly. The system follows a number of steps: Step 1: Lesson preparation