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Cognitively-sound teaching materials
Learningpost, Edward Roy Krishnan, PHD, Published on 27/07/2010
» To get the maximum result out of classroom instruction, it is necessary for teachers to understand the psychological processes that affect how a student learns. Knowledge of how human cognition works can enhance teaching and learning.
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Hospitality skills get boost
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 27/07/2010
» Last December, "Education" published an article entitled "Train now for the future", which was about Ban Muang Kud School in Mae Taeng district, Chiang Mai province. At the school, principal Narong Apaijai has the vision of making it possible for his students to work in their local communities instead of leaving for career opportunities in cities.
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Give me a break: Paragraph writing
Learningpost, Heather Vlach, Published on 27/07/2010
» In teaching and learning, you may have heard a few rules about paragraphs, how long they should be or how to organise them. But looking at a number of written resources, including books, magazines, newspapers, or even your own correspondence, you may have noticed these sources often break those paragraph "rules".
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Homeostasis: A balancing act
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 27/07/2010
» There are many processes going on inside our bodies which you may never know about, yet they are vital to our survival. Chemical reactions, filtering, absorbing, diffusing, digesting, making, breaking - all these bodily functions are necessary to keep us alive. Homeostasis utilises these processes. It ensures we maintain a constant internal environment because, without the processes deployed by homeostasis, you wouldn't live long!
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Holding Your Own
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/08/2010
» 'Hey you're that farang who teaches English, right?" The voice comes from just to my right and it kind of startles me. I turn around to see a Thai woman of indeterminate age, though no more than 60 and hopefully not less than 45. One hand is on her hip and the other is clutching a mop. Her hair is tied back in a bun and she has a weather-beaten look, as if working with a mop is more palatable than anything she's ever done in a rice paddy.
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It's a small world in Thai politics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/08/2010
» Oh God, not another one. On a ranking of things Thailand desperately needs right now, where would "an extra province" be? Surely somewhere down in the 900s, wedged between "pay rise for politicians" (#946) and "more Cambodian child beggars outside police booths" (#948).
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Study in Germany
Realtime, Published on 02/07/2010
» Bayer Science and Education Foundation is accepting applications for its scholarship programmes. In the academic sector, ambitious students can apply for a Bayer, Carl Duisberg or Kurt Hansen scholarship if they are aiming to undertake a study project abroad.
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Pushing the envelope in VEGAS
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/07/2010
» I know. It's been a long week. After my exquisite cliff hanger last Sunday, I am back again to finish the tale of my trip to Las Vegas and the strange set of circumstances that erupted in the middle of the night there.
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English skills receive boost
News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 06/07/2010
» The government is urged to announce English as its second official language to spur students to achieve English proficiency and help the nation place itself on the road map to the Asean Community in 2015.
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Getting Bobbleheaded over an iPad
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/07/2010
» Conventional wisdom has it that a blink of an eye lasts 400 milliseconds. For me, it is more like three months. That’s how I feel as I pack my two meagre suitcases to leave the bustling, crazy world of Los Angeles for the bustling, crazy world of Bangkok. There are people to farewell, tequila bars to visit, dinners to attend, and tequila bars to visit — did I repeat myself just then? There’s been the quick trip up to Hollywood Boulevard to buy tacky souvenirs.
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