International Schools Blog

Welcome to Part 2! To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March and Women’s History Month during March, Pearson’s Women in Learning and Leadership team has created a list of 50 inspiring women to include in Pearson’s content and to help prompt discussions in the classroom.

Online learning, digital learning, remote learning, blended learning, ed tech… These are just some of the words that have been used to describe education across the world as schools, colleges and universities have been forced to restructure their educational programmes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March and Women’s History Month during March, Pearson’s Women in Learning and Leadership team has created the following list of 50 inspiring women to include in Pearson’s content and to help prompt discussions in the classroom.

The world is changing – fast. Developments in technology, advancements in communications and the global pandemic have driven huge change in the last twelve months and as a result, the future of work looks different to how we imagined it as little as a year ago. So, with so much doubt about what jobs will exist when your students graduate, how can you prepare them for their future careers?

For over 20 years, Pearson has been at the forefront supporting online schools to engage and flourish. At present, over 105,000 students are using our proven digital platform around the world to support their learning.

Building resilience in students begins in the classroom. It is the key to making young people stronger and more assertive – here we share five ways to do it.

In this article, Anita Chamberlain, Visual Arts Coordinator at The British International School in Stavanger, Norway shares her experiences of running an art project with a group of children with learning difficulties and how, through the medium of art, children can express their ideas, opinions and feelings.

In January, Branksome Hall Asia were crowned International School of the Year at the 2021 International School Awards. We caught up with Dr Terry McAdams, Director of Technology, Research, and Innovation at the school to find out more about their award-winning school and the project that also earned them the Community Initiative Award this year.

11 February is International Women and Girls in Science Day – a day to show students just how exciting a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) can be. And it gives all of us the chance to encourage young girls to pursue a career in one or more of these subjects.

There have been just a few(!) changes in teaching in the last twelve months. We’ve all been part of or have witnessed the move to online teaching. And linked to that, we’ve also seen a number advances in educational technology. At the same time, diversity and inclusion has been a big focus for schools, publishers and teachers – as has mindfulness in the classroom.