Critical Thinking and Multimedia at HHHS Saida

Last week we visited Saida to review ways to continue integrating critical thinking in our curriculum, not to mention emphasizing the need to do so. We also brainstormed topics and content areas that cause students to think critically and looked at a few samples of media from the world around us that naturally seem to provoke this process in learners.

Fluency vs. Accuracy at Jib Jannine Secondary

While World Cup fever rages on elsewhere, some teachers decided instead to join the debate on Fluency vs. Accuracy. We discussed types of error correction teachers often choose from the perceptions learners have of each type. We also considered options teachers have to make activities for fluency practice in all skill areas.

Cooperative Learning at Al Irfan

In the beginning of July, we met with teachers at Al Irfan Schools to consider the benefits of 10 different approaches to organizing group work, and the pros and cons of each of them. We all seemed to agree that both “diversity groups” and homogeneous groups are useful and important to include in our lesson planning. Above all, it’s unanimous that implementing a variety of types of group work and of tasks for those groups to complete keeps students actively learning!