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How to Motivate your Learners

Have you ever entered a class to meet tired and frowned faces? One of the problems that many educators often face is how to motivate their learners. An unmotivated learner is a slow learner. They bore and demotivate their teachers! In this article, I share with you twelve different ways you can motivate your learners. 1. Take your time to understand your learners.  The understanding you have about them determines how you treat, interact and relate with them since learners don’t learn at the same frequency.  Understand their temperaments, moods and emotions. When you don’t understand who your learners are through careful study, teaching and relating with them seem to be with productivity.

The Earth in Space

Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to a) Define the earth; b) Define space; c) Define the solar system; d) Explain the formation of volcanoes; e) Explain the Rotation of the Earth; f) Define the moon; g) Define climates and seasons; h) Define shadows and eclipses; i) Define the stars. Introduction The interest of man in space has existed from ancient times when man employed the naked eyes to study and speculate on the moon, the stars, the sun, and other things which were imagined to be there in space. As time went by, man began to carry out more systematic studies of space. By the second century AD, a Greek mathematician called Ptolemy...

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Mid Term Test on Basic Science

Objective Answer all questions. 1. All materials in the world are made of ___ and ___? A. sugar and salt B. coal and bone C. weight and space D. male and female 2. These two qualities you chose above are also present in cows, goats and dogs? A. True B. false C. I don’t know D. None of the above 3. One of the following is not a characteristic of living thing A. living things move B. living things don’t change C. living things reproduce D. living things dies 4. The process of a scientist sorting things into sets is called A. classification B. charting C. driving D. painting...

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Ten Mistakes Teachers Make Often Make in Class

In my experience as a teacher and a consultant, I have come across ten common mistakes teachers often make in class. Whether you’re new in teaching or an experienced educator, this article will help you to avoid these ten mistakes teachers make often make in class. Lack of Clear Communication: Failing to convey instructions or concepts clearly can confuse students. Sometimes you think you’re communicating but in the actual sense, your students are at sea. Ignoring Individual Learning Styles: Not all students learn the same way. Neglecting diverse learning styles hampers effective teaching. This could be the reason why some of your students are sleeping even when you’re teaching one of the “the most interesting topics”. Insufficient Engagement: Monotonous lectures Read more

Teamwork Covers Absence or Lapses

After a rigorous process of recruitment, another important task is to build a team. Although not all members of staff are team players, many school owners would not want their teachers to be involved in the affairs of the school other than their day-to-day teaching. Instead of building a team, they often make a mistake of training a superstar—a successor. Are all your teachers involved? Never train a single superstar teacher. To build a team, you must get everybody involved. I know you may like a particular teacher because he or she is hard-working; has an ownership spirit; gets things done without reminders and you prefer to delegate all responsibility to him or her.