Revision – Bloom’s Taxonomy Pyramid
Remember… Understand… Apply… Analyse… Evaluate… Create These are the 6 levels of knowledge in Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy helps you as a teacher to address the question: “What should my…
Important life skills that is of benefit at school
Life skills are the skills you need to make the most out of life – your life. Life skills help an individual to deal with, and to adjust and adapt…
What teachers do for learners that parents often don’t realise
Have you ever been part of a conversation, maybe around the braaivleisvuur or at a dinner party, where another parent claims that, although they are not an educator, they know…
How does the brain work?
It is said that the human brain has an estimated storage capacity of 256 billion gigs(!), the equivalent of 1.2 billion average personal computer hard drives, enough CDs to make…
Mistakes are an essential part of learning
Everyone makes mistakes. It is part and parcel of being human. It’s not a mistake to make a mistake but it’s a mistake to repeat the same mistakes. You might…
The importance of Teacher Development
Teachers who love learning – and continue to do so throughout their careers – are better educators. Education is a never-ending process after all. No-one’s education stops – or should…
‘Once you stop learning, you start dying’ – Albert Einstein
Many inspiring and thought-provoking thoughts are attributed to Albert Einstein (1879-1955), the German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics…
Everyone is smart – in different ways
Everyone is smart. Let it sink in: Everybody is smart in different ways and in their own way. Think about it like this: If you judge a fish by its…
Learners: Your responsibility in the classroom
Have you ever wondered – or tried to calculate – exactly how much time you spend at school?Whether you enjoy school or not, this is something to think about, isn’t…
