International Schools Blog

Summer holidays are a way for students to experience being a global citizen. Here’s how to connect summer travel with global citizenship in the classroom.

Learners who come back to school refreshed from their break will be looking for new challenges. Pearson Primary International Science author Lesley Butcher shares four ways to start the school year positively.

It’s the start of a new school year, and lots of teachers take this opportunity to reassess their classroom space and think about the way they can design it so that it is stimulating and welcoming, without distracting students from learning.

Part of the post-pandemic educational debate focused on summer holidays. Some politicians suggested reducing the summer break to help learner catch up on lost learning, but other educational experts argued that both learners and teachers need a long summer break to recharge their batteries.

After global school shutdowns, learning loss has become a significant problem for students everywhere. According to the majority of teachers in a McKinsey survey on lost learning, school closures have led to students being up to six months behind where they would usually be in terms of learning.

The life of a 21st century teacher is busy. You have to juggle teaching with course and lesson planning, parents’ meetings, marking homework – and much more. Thankfully, there are a number of digital platforms and applications out there to help you.

Wherever you are, and whatever type of international school you’re in, it’s a fact that all students have had their learning affected by the school closures brought about by the global pandemic this year. It’s also true that all teaching professionals want to identify gaps in learners’ skills and knowledge, yet identifying those gaps and deciding if they are important or not isn’t always straightforward.

The emergence of COVID-19 and its rapid spread around the globe ensured that the academic year of 2019-2020 is one that we will never forget. Lockdowns across the world meant that schools had to adapt their entire curriculums to distance learning in a matter of days. Schools rose to the challenge and teachers did admirably. However, there are still many lessons to be learned and things which could be improved.

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