If you've taught introduction to geography for any length of time, you've met the misconception. Ask a student what geography is, and you'll often get one of two answers: it's about maps and mountains, or it's about people and cities. Rarely do students arrive already understanding that geography is really about the space where those two things meet — physical processes and human decisions, constantly shaping each other. I designed a lesson to sit right in that gap, and after

How I First Heard The Term I came across the phrase "adaptive teaching" while completing the assessment-only route to QTS earlier this year. In my first meeting with an assessor from the provider — an interview that followed their audit of my practice — I raised the idea of differentiation, which I'd always understood to be a good, standard part of teaching. The assessor stopped me. Differentiation, she explained, isn't really a term (or an idea) that's looked upon well i

A serious concern I have with education today is that it often fails to show students how the content being studied and the skills being...

My school, like any school, is unique. We are a small institution with fewer than 200 students, ranging from Early Childcare to Grade 12....