We all know that motivation plays a key role in keeping students engaged and learning. While there are plenty of ways a student can keep their own motivation high, there is certainly an important part for the teacher to play… Continue Reading →

Helping students increase self-regulation and self-directedness is one of the main goals in the New Learning Paradigm. Increased self-regulation in students is beneficial in many ways: it helps increase motivation, produces better outcomes, and generally makes for happier learners. Of… Continue Reading →

There are many ways constructivist teaching methods have already been implemented in classrooms across the world. The ideas have certainly been incorporated into the new learning paradigm and are finding many supporters around the world. Of course, that doesn’t mean… Continue Reading →

There are plenty of isms out there that have to do with how and why to teach. Constructivism is only a small part of that vast cloud of terms and yet you can find it used in more direct or… Continue Reading →

COVID-19 hit the scene some ten months ago, at the start of the new decade. And ever since then, the world hasn’t been the same. Stable economies have deteriorated, people are unemployed, and life as we know it has changed.… Continue Reading →

Take a few minutes to think about the best teacher that you have ever had. Have you ever wondered what made him or her so special? Take a look at the following qualities and keep in mind that one teacher… Continue Reading →

In the previous instalment to this post, we covered how adult brains differ from that of children’s, and how a declining brain plasticity can affect the learning experience adults have when trying to acquire a new language. But brain connections… Continue Reading →

While it’s certainly possible to acquire a new language at any age, it will come as no surprise that there are certain changes that happen both in the brain and in the person that make adult language learners different from… Continue Reading →

We’re all familiar with the famous Pavlovian dogs – ring a bell and the dog begins to salivate, because it’s been trained to associate the bell with food. This is an example of classical conditioning – a small example of… Continue Reading →

As in any field, education evolves and innovates. While, these days, much of the excitement and noise comes from the ever-evolving scene of EdTech, different changes are happening in the field, farther away from the public eye. These changes have… Continue Reading →