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August 18th, 2020
Video Interview about Thinking Tools in the Daily Classroom – Consultants Eric Frangenheim and Karen Boyes
Education consultant Eric Frangeheim has created a short video conversation with world-renowned education consultant, Karen Boyes speaking at the recent Teachers Matter Online Summit. We invite you to visit this post to listen in about Eric’s ...
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Education consultant Eric Frangeheim has created a short video conversation with world-renowned education consultant, Karen Boyes speaking at the recent Teachers Matter Online Summit. We invite you to visit this post to listen in about Eric’s ...
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January 2nd, 2019
Reasons why it is a privilege and a pleasure to be a teacher
I can try out my ideas on other people’s children before trying these ideas on mine. (and they send them home after school!)I can be myself in the classroom.I can experiment with unusual ideas to engage and excite all my students.I can be assured ...
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I can try out my ideas on other people’s children before trying these ideas on mine. (and they send them home after school!)I can be myself in the classroom.I can experiment with unusual ideas to engage and excite all my students.I can be assured ...
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December 1st, 2018
Competition on the High Seas and homes and classrooms
There is something to be said for playing a sport. Any type of sport as this teaches you that it is ok to be competitive but also how to lose graciously. This appears to have been lost in the world that we live in.
Recently on our twelve-day Ovation...
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There is something to be said for playing a sport. Any type of sport as this teaches you that it is ok to be competitive but also how to lose graciously. This appears to have been lost in the world that we live in.
Recently on our twelve-day Ovation...
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January 29th, 2018
Teacher workshops for a successful 2018: My diary
As the 2018 school year kicks off, I have been enjoying consulting to many industrious schools in South East Queensland. I spent last week facilitating a series of pre-service teacher training workshops. It’s wonderful to experience the renewed ene...
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As the 2018 school year kicks off, I have been enjoying consulting to many industrious schools in South East Queensland. I spent last week facilitating a series of pre-service teacher training workshops. It’s wonderful to experience the renewed ene...
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November 14th, 2017
How to teach your students to be risk-takers in lessons and life
TEACHING TIP: HOW TO CREATE YOUR THINKING CLASSROOM (WITH THE ‘EXPERT-FREE ZONE’):
Teachers often tell me they find it difficult to engage all students in their classes. I agree – it’s tricky to encourage all students (whether...
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TEACHING TIP: HOW TO CREATE YOUR THINKING CLASSROOM (WITH THE ‘EXPERT-FREE ZONE’):
Teachers often tell me they find it difficult to engage all students in their classes. I agree – it’s tricky to encourage all students (whether...
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July 13th, 2017
What if you’ve got only 60 seconds to hook them in?
When we watch a film, read a book or go to a play, invariably something happens in the first 60-90 seconds to set the scene, create tension, expose a problem or state a purpose. In short, we are ‘hooked in’, we are invested, we want to know more....
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When we watch a film, read a book or go to a play, invariably something happens in the first 60-90 seconds to set the scene, create tension, expose a problem or state a purpose. In short, we are ‘hooked in’, we are invested, we want to know more....
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