Category Archives: Curriculum Resources
Make the Christmas story unfold – literally!
When the festive decorations go up, many of you will remember all those happy hours of their childhood when they got shiny baubles and cut-out angels out of their boxes, fashioned stars out of transparent paper for the windows or … Continue reading
“Whip top! Whip top!”: play throughout the seasons… and times
How would you find out about games and toys in former times? Are there instructions for families on how to make a spinning top or a rag doll? Are there essays on the origin of obscure nursery rhymes? And were … Continue reading
Books to make your eyes pop out
One of the new picture books at the UCL Institute of Education, Librarian (2017), takes us to a public library for its 50th birthday – a very apt story at a time when so many public libraries get closed. One boy stands … Continue reading
Learning outdoors and open-air schools
I am writing this on a beautiful sunny day with the temperature is forecast to rise to 17 degrees. I can’t help but think there will be a lot of outdoor learning taking place in schools throughout the country. … Continue reading
How learning languages makes you smart, successful – and a better citizen
Speaking foreign languages has obvious practical and intellectual advantages, and most of you will have noticed press reports that it is also beneficial for your brain, possibly even staving off dementia. The effects on your cognitive ability and memory are easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, European Union, foreign language learning, foreign language materials, language policy, linguistics, multiculturalism, multilingualism, sociolinguistics
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Are Bhutan and Vanuatu world leaders? Thoughts for the International Day of Happiness
Happiness is a word with an intense golden glow and surely one of the main goals of each one of us every day of our lives; but it seems an elusive thing, difficult to define or measure or pursue systematically or collectively. … Continue reading
Finding inspiration on a stormy weekend: Curriculum Resource ideas from the SLA
Like many institutions concerned with teacher training the UCL Institute of Education has, as part of its library, a collection of resources for use in the classroom. This collection has two roles: to show what is available to support teaching … Continue reading
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Where are all the other bards?
Where are all the other bards? Have you ever seen been exhilarated by a production of 17th century writer Aphra Behn? Have you ever been riveted by a play of 18th century writer Susanna Centlivre? Have you ever missed stops … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, drama education, English literature, playwrights, reading aloud, Shakespeare, theatre, women writers
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Films for Francophiles
The Education in Literature Collection contains a number of films in French with English subtitles. Older favourites by classic directors are represented by Pocket Money (L’argent de poche) directed by Francois Truffaut and Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis … Continue reading
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