Category: Improve teaching practice
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Long-form writing is a craft and you need a mini-apprenticeship
Long-form writing is a craft… and you need a mini-apprenticeship. You also need a system. I can show you how to create your own DIY mini-apprenticeship using my system
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What is the Way of the Apprentice?
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, craft, craftmanship, Education, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Leathercraft, Mastery, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterWhat is the Way of the Apprenticeship? Read on to find out more about craft and craftsmanship and the workshop.
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Why You Need A Workshop… Even a portable one
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Lean education, Learning, Learning Strategies, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterRecently, I spoke at #AionCon 2020 on the subject of craftsmanship. This is something that I’ve written about in the Aion newsletter and in my eBook subtitled “The Way of the Craftsman”. One of the things that I wanted to explore in more detail is the idea of the workshop. As a craftsman – and…
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Homeschooling won’t save your kids
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in Anxiety caused by learning, Children, Education, Education delivery model, educator, Educator’s Journey, Home, Homeschool, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Kids, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, school, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterThinking about homeschooling? You should read this first.
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#1 New release in Study & Teaching and now Literacy
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in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, Indigenous education, inform teaching, International education, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, professional, Professional Development, Professional standards, Professional Standards Framework, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach bettermy short new eBook is currently the #1 new release in Literacy. Yesterday it was #1 new release in Study and Teaching.
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Buy My Book: Teach better Now
This is an act of shameless self-promotion for my new book which I’ve self-published on Amazon. The cost is less than what you pay for your trim soy-raspberry-mocha-latte-cappuccino. So click here and buy it now. You can download it to your phone, tablet or Kindle. I’m going to run a free book promotion shortly, so…
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Why haven’t I self-published a book on how to embed literacy and numeracy into vocational training yet?
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in eBook, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Executive Education, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, Indigenous education, inform teaching, International education, Lean education, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Numeracy, self-publishing, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterNo good reason really… But today I spent about 12 hours learning how to use Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing suite of tools and resources. It was most interesting. I especially like that you can generate these previews above that show you what the final publication will look like. The actual editor tool is a bit…
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How can vocational teachers from Vietnam improve their teaching practice?
One of the ways is to come to New Zealand…! Yesterday I was very lucky to spend some time with a group of vocational teachers from Hanoi in Vietnam. They are in New Zealand for a three-month study tour with Massey University in Auckland learning how to improve their teaching practice. We spent the afternoon…