I do believe that our young people need to be nurtured and while this undoubtedly can happen in the home, it can also happen in the class

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I am really keen that my students are able to have the time and space to think and discuss issues that are not part of our national...

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The effect of terrorism that we dealt with today course was poverty. After a discussion about poverty

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The following is an article I wrote for a school magazine reflecting on the importance of cultivating an environment where questions are...

Whenever I am planning a History lesson, I always consider the skills that I am going to develop among my students. I like to teach...

I wanted to share a recent learning and teaching experience I had with a Form II class (aged 13/14) while teaching them about democracy....

Focusing on meta-cognition skills in the teaching of History

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