Sarosh Idrees Khan

English Language Teaching and Christianity
Ahmar Mahboob

English (and teaching of English) was not simply a language (or teaching of a language), but it was a language that best carried the word of God; and teaching English was a way of spreading this message.

English Language Teaching and Christianity: Additive Perspective on Religion or Growing Hearts... English Language Teaching and Christianity: Additive Perspective on Religion or Growing Hearts with Wisdom

ERDC invites you all to attend a seminar PROMOTING RESEARCH CULTURE IN SCHOOLS on Saturday, April 26, 2:00pm to 6:00pm at Homeopathic College Auditorium Nazimabad, Karachi.

Can University Professors Benefit from K-12 Progressive Teaching Tactics? http://ow.ly/ur1Dg

Life in the 21st Century has become international, multicultural and inter-connected, new skills are needed to succeed in education and in the workplace.

21st Century skills:
Ancient, ubiquitous, enigmatic?

Irenka Suto
Research Division
Cambridge Assessment

Paper published in January 2013 in
Research Matters: A Cambridge Assessment Publication

“Today, because of rapid economic and social change, schools have to prepare students for jobs that have not yet been created, technologies that have not yet been invented and problems that we don't yet know will arise.”
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Education Directorate, 2010.

http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/130437-21st-century-skills-ancient-ubiquitous-enigmatic

Struggle is a predictable part of the learning process.

Everyone is expected to struggle in the process of learning, and so struggling becomes a chance to show that you, the student, have what it takes emotionally to resolve the problem by persisting through that struggle.

Jim Stigler-Professor of psychology at UCLA

Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Western Cultures In Japanese classrooms, teachers consciously design tasks that are slightly beyond the capabilities of the students they teach, so the students can actually experience struggling with something just outside their reach.

Fixed mindset vs Growth mindset

Started by Dr Joanna Goodman, EdD, FCIEA

Developing a learning capacity for life

Date: 28th November 2013
Author: Dr Joanna Goodman
Theme: Curriculum, Education Policy, Exams and Assessment
Tags: Assessment, Curriculum Reform, National Curriculum

We too often focus on ability at the expense of effort, says Dr Joanna Goodman. As the new curriculum nears, she warns that assessment must focus on progress and developing students’ ‘growth mindsets’.

- See more at: http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/blog/developing-a-learning-capacity-for-life?goback=%2Egde_1873115_member_5811863701958987776 #%21

Developing a learning capacity for life - SecEd We too often focus on ability at the expense of effort, says Dr Joanna Goodman. As the new curriculum nears, she warns that assessment must focus on progress and developing students’ ‘growth mindsets’.

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12th International Asia TEFL Conference

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23rd MELTA International Conference

Welcome to AsiaTEFL 2014 AsiaTEFL 2014 - MELTA

Identity management, language variation and English language textbooks: focus on Pakistan Identity management, language variation and English language textbooks: focus on Pakistan

The Role of Culture in ELT: Learners’ Attitude towards the Teaching of Target Language Culture The Role of Culture in ELT: Learners’ Attitude towards the Teaching of Target Language Culture

Journal of Linguistics Vol. 49 Issue 03 Journal of Linguistics (JL) has as its goal to publish articles that make a clear contribution to current debate in all branches of theoretical linguistics. The journal also provides an excellent survey of recent linguistics publications, with around thirty book reviews in each volume and regula...

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