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• Studying English in North America: Opening the door to further study – Latin Correspondent

  This article described types of programs and provided examples of programs in Canada (1) and the U.S.(4).

  tags: CEFR courses CPE examinations FCE IELTS North America pre-academic study abroad study skills TOEFL

• Creating a Generation of Innovators — The Learner's Way

  Coutts, Nigel. (2015.12.20).

  tags: Australia blogs creativity education empathy growth mindset imagination innovation metacognition mindsets pedagogy processes problem-based learning role models

  • What is needed is a broad culture of innovation where diverse skills and dispositions merge to offer the best chance of a unique idea emerging and importantly making it to market. Significantly the definition of innovation very much includes the ability to deliver on the imaginative ideas Australians are known for but are presently handing off to international developers to capitalise on. For schools such a definition is useful as it encourages a shift away from vague conversations about creativity and imagination and looks at how these skills can be used in ways that bring about change
  • Innovation requires a pedagogy that values a student focused learning processes over teacher directed transfer of knowledge. Teaching for innovation is by nature messy and imprecise. In the short term results on traditional assessments may not be what we would expect from traditional methods but if we desire to produce innovators this needs to be accepted

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