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Learning activities: Creative ways to integrate SDGs in learning
Learning activities: Creative ways to integrate SDGs in learning

What are some of the ways of introducing Sustainable Development Goals in primary grade classrooms? Arushi Sikri, IB PYP Educator, Prometheus School, Noida outlines her teaching practices that help students to learn, reflect, and critically think about SDGs and global challenges.

‘RAD’ tasks to improve disciplinary literacy instruction
‘RAD’ tasks to improve disciplinary literacy instruction

In this reader submission, Dr Sonja Gedde – Vice Principal and director of professional learning at Fossil Ridge High School in Colorado – shares a strategy of creating ‘RAD’ tasks to help educators in their planning and collaboration for disciplinary literacy instruction.

A systematic approach to teacher professional development
A systematic approach to teacher professional development

How can school leaders support teachers to continually improve their classroom practice? In today’s reader submission, Secondary School Principal Aprajita Ralli shares examples of teacher development at Sreenidhi International School, including goal setting, mentorship and feedback.

Leading voices: Amitava Ghosh
Leading voices: Amitava Ghosh

Our ‘Leading voices’ series features school principals from across India. Amitava Ghosh is Founder-Principal of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R. K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Raipur. Students from his school have won national and international recognition for their science achievements. Anannya Chakraborty asks him 5 questions about running successful STEM initiatives.

A lesson activity for unplugged Computational Thinking
A lesson activity for unplugged Computational Thinking

‘In India, where only 45% of schools have access to functional computers and just 33% have internet access, unplugged methods to improve Computational Thinking offer a promising solution.’ Researchers Shashaank Varma and Anveshna Srivastava share a simple unplugged sorting activity you can use in your own classroom to develop students’ computational thinking skills.

Insights from PISA: Singapore’s home-based learning initiative
Insights from PISA: Singapore’s home-based learning initiative

How do you continue to innovate and adapt your teaching to best equip students for a fast-changing, digitally driven world? In Singapore, the Ministry of Education has implemented regular home-based learning days, where students are tasked with taking charge of their own learning.

Curriculum planning – thematic integration of Higher Order Thinking Skills
Curriculum planning – thematic integration of Higher Order Thinking Skills

In our latest reader contribution Dr Smita Banerjee from The Northstar School in Rajkot, Gujurat, discusses an approach to building Higher Order Thinking Skills that integrates concepts from different curriculum disciplines into thematic units.

Unleashing the power of student voice
Unleashing the power of student voice

‘The future of education lies in empowering every student's voice, ensuring that their perspectives shape a more inclusive and responsive educational system.’ In our latest reader submission, Divya Kapoor – Headmistress at ASPAM Scottish School, Noida – shares examples of student voice initiatives from her own school, and others around the world.

Making student assessments inclusive
Making student assessments inclusive

‘… each learner has an equal opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and learning progress, and therefore at success.’ In this article, Assistant Professor Jwairia Saleem shares 5 ways that teachers can make student assessments inclusive.

How resilient are your students? Unpacking effective teaching practices
How resilient are your students? Unpacking effective teaching practices

Students with academic resilience persist and thrive in their studies, despite the odds being stacked against them. In our latest reader submission Associate Professor Nani Tieg, from the University of Oslo, Norway, explores findings from her UNESCO GEM Fellowship study into the role teachers play in fostering academic resilience in maths and science classrooms.