Wednesday, 15 April 2015

CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGMS

This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.

The RSA ( Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) is a 258 year-old charity devoted to driving social progress and spreading world-changing ideas. Its wants to enrich societay through ideas and action.

'We believe that all human beings have creative capacities that, when understood and supported, can be mobilised to deliver a 21st century enlightenment.'

Sunday, 12 April 2015

SCIENCE - CLIL APPROACH 





(TO READ MORE ABOUT IT, SEE 'PARENTS' CORNER' SECTION IN THIS BLOG)

BILINGUALISM SYMPOSIUM

Katherine Bilsborough, author of Ace! and OUP teacher trainer, participated in the Jornadas Bilingüismo FEC in Madrid leading a practical workshop about the importance of CLIL. She demonstrated lots of great ways to take advantage of the CLIL sections in Oxford University Press coursebooks by focusing on work in groups. Have a look at the video below to see Kath speak about the specific benefits of CLIL for the weaker English student.