Let teachers be learners too. Let them be supported in their teaching and learning journey. Teaching is a skill, so why not teach it as a skill, writes Meeta Sengupta. Ms Sengupta is a Moderator at the 2014 WISE Summit in Doha. Every conversation about improving education comes to a stalemate when someone brings up the problem of teachers. […]

This article examines how teachers can use questioning as an instructional tool to facilitate richer inquiry and for assessing students’ thinking.  Education systems all around the world are in search for evidence to identify gaps to help us move forward and essentially to show progress. But the heart of it is, what are we measuring? […]

In this article, Janet Looney analyses the factors associated with higher levels of teacher motivation and job satisfaction.  What motivates teachers? This question is central to much education policy. Teachers who are motivated are more likely to stay in the profession, to participate in professional learning and to innovate. Yet teachers themselves are seldom asked about what motivates them. […]

According to Alejandro Ganimian, performance evaluations would be more effective if they focused less on “grading” teachers and more on providing teachers with constructive feedback. Over the past decade, rigorous research has shown that teachers are the most important school-based determinant of student achievement. In fact, “effective teachers” (i.e., those whose students consistently make gains in standardized tests) can not only […]

The digital age we live in dictates that educators provide students with the opportunity to learn to code. Coding is a significant skill because it allows you to explore and experience the digital world in its entirety. Learning computer science will benefit students in their future career or life path, as every field has some connection to computer […]