Teaching Beginner Greek
From definite article jigsaw to www.carousel-learning.com, here are some ideas you might like to try out in your teaching of beginner classical Greek.
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Amina – the student who made every Latin lesson count.
How to be an ‘Amina’, an independent learner using all the metacognitive skills at her disposal.
The visualiser: a powerful tool for the classroom through annotation, modelling and showcasing achievement.
I use my IPEVO visualiser in the majority of my lessons at the moment. I thought it might be useful to reflect on what a powerful tool it can be for all sorts of activities.
Desirable Difficulties
Professor Robert Bjork talks of ‘desirable difficulties’. Students often resort to strategies such as re-reading and highlighting in revision, thinking them effective for learning when the research is clear that they aren’t.
A few thoughts on vocabulary tests
I’ve been teaching since 2004 and setting Latin and Greek vocabulary tests all that time – here are a few thoughts on vocabulary tests.
Retrieval Practice in Classical Civilisation
I’ve made retrieval practice a standard part of my lessons now – find out more about how I use it.
Virtual Reality in Classics
Virtual reality is increasingly used in education to give students the field trip experience within their classroom.