International Schools Blog

Dyslexia in the classroom can bring up some teaching challenges. We spoke to Martin Bloomfield, trainer at York Associates, who is an expert in the field. His specialist subject is international and intercultural perspectives on special educational needs, and he has many years of experience offering dyslexia awareness workshops to schools and businesses, as well as experience teaching learners with dyslexia.

With many schools already seeing the benefits of a mastery approach to mathematics in Key Stages 1 and 2, thoughts are now starting to turn to Early Years. So what exactly is mastery, and would it be appropriate for an Early Years setting? 

Many schools across the world are enforcing bans on smartphones due to issues such as bullying, cheating and disruption in class. In July 2018, the French government even passed a law banning mobile phones in schools.

Students with special education needs all bring unique strengths and gifts, but how do we as teachers help these students access learning and connect with others in our classrooms?

Teachers managing autism in the classroom face some complex challenges. We spoke to autism expert Stacey Melifonwu to find out more about the disorder and the strategies you can employ to be inclusive of all your students.

Do you teach online? While there are many benefits to distance learning it can be challenging to keep students engaged and motivated. In this interview Mickey Revenaugh shares her top advice.

Oliver Omotto shares his reflections and best practice in developing meta-cognitive practices and strategies to promote higher-order thinking in the classroom.

Oliver Omotto tells a story of how Greensteds International School’s approach to transforming student behaviour.

Pearson believes that the breadth of choice in humanities is important, given the wide range of different international contexts where International GCSE teaching and learning takes place.  We know that many International GCSE learners will ultimately want to take A-levels in subjects such as Economics or Business Studies, with rigorous assessment objectives – which means they need middle-school study opportunities which build in progression. But not all international students want to choose Geography or History as their International GCSE subjects – so how else can our future economists and business-people develop the skills they need?

From video resources and podcasts to online magazines and member associations, here are 10 online resources for busy international school teachers.