Why equipping students with the skills to think independently helps them...
Let me paint you a picture: I work in student recruitment and am standing at a university fair in a high school gym. I am surrounded by excited teenagers thinking about their future. While chatting...
View ArticleBeing reflective – the most important Cambridge learner attribute
“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey It is our ability to make meaning and to grow from our experiences that defines us as human and reflection is at...
View ArticleCovid-19 and the challenges of remote teaching in China
Since the onset of the new coronavirus, Covid-19 in December last year, nearly every aspect of daily life in China has changed. One unexpected impact of the outbreak is the surge in e-learning...
View ArticleCovid-19: Six top tips for online teaching and learning
The current global spread of the Covid-19 virus means that many schools and teachers around the world are looking into how they can continue to teach their pupils remotely if their schools need to...
View ArticleA message to Cambridge Schools from Chief Executive Christine Özden
Hello everyone, To all our teachers, students, staff and leaders at our schools around the world, I would like to send my warmest wishes at this most uncertain and unprecedented of times. The situation...
View ArticleLearning to teach all over again
Schools in China were some of the first around to world to make a rapid and unexpected shift to teaching online. Dr Rehema Clarken, Academic Principal at the Beijing Foreign Studies University...
View ArticleTeacher tips – Building ‘science capital’ in self-isolation
The current global pandemic has presented unique challenges for teachers across the world who are keen for their students to continue learning and thriving during these uncertain times. You may have...
View ArticleMoodle, Zoom and WeChat – one teacher’s tips on learning in lockdown
Schools in China were some of the first in the world to experience shutdowns to contain Covid-19. Humanities faculty leader Richard Driscoll reflects on his experiences of learning in lockdown. The...
View ArticleHelping teachers adapt to remote teaching – 3 Cambridge trainers tell their...
Cambridge International works with 600 experienced practitioners around the world to help deliver our training programmes for both our syllabus-specific Introductory and Extension training , as well as...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 lockdown and the opportunity to transform education
You may have heard the myth that the Chinese word for crisis translates in English as “danger”, but also “opportunity”. It is a compelling idea, but it is not true: the word for crisis in Chinese...
View ArticleThe inclusive benefits of lockdown learning
There has never been another time globally that has had such an instant impact on the way we deliver learning as Covid-19. During this unprecedented time, both teachers and students have had to try to...
View ArticleBehind the screen: students talk about remote learning
On government advice, South Korean schools closed to students at the end of February. Since then North London Collegiate School (NLCS) Jeju has taken their learning online. Now more than six weeks on,...
View ArticleSeeing mathematics all around us
Every morning, at 10.00 am, I am greeted by the smiling faces of my two grandchildren, aged 2 and 7. My wife and I are really missing seeing them in person, but this daily video call helps make up for...
View ArticleTaking humanities offline in the time of Covid-19
The study of humanities is central to a well-rounded education. As the education writer Valerie Strauss set out in a 2017 Washington Post article: “When you take courses in any humanities discipline,...
View ArticleListen to our latest podcast on what Covid-19 means for learners applying to...
In the current circumstances, things are a little different for university applications. Moreover, universities are teaching online and Cambridge International qualifications are awarded using a...
View ArticleLearning never stops – supporting our younger learners (and their families!)
Learning in lockdown is tricky on so many levels, so how can we support our youngest phase of learners to keep learning, remain motivated, stay confident, and above all, look forward to getting back to...
View ArticleHow schools in Denmark adapted to classroom teaching during the Covid-19...
Schools in Denmark reopened on 15 April, just over a month after closing due to the coronavirus outbreak. Two months on, school leaders, teachers and pupils from St Josef’s International School,...
View ArticleThinking differently
As the world continues the struggle against the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Jerry Lucido from the University of Southern California tells us why developing a global perspective is now more important...
View ArticleListen to our latest podcast on applying to IE University in Spain during the...
Choosing a university course is one of the most important decisions a student will make. Making a decision this year has been especially difficult due to the COVID-19 outbreak. IE University in Spain...
View ArticleReturning to the classroom: A South Asia perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of schools all over the world, keeping more than 1.2 billion learners out of their classrooms. Many of these learners transitioned successfully from...
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