Tag Archives: Schüler

Die vier Ks

Posted on 8. October 2019 by schaefew

An die digitalen Medien knüpft sich die Hoffnung auf eine wahre Bildungsrevolution. Und so wird viel Geld in die Anschaffung von Technik gesteckt. Die digitalen Medien sollen Kreativität, kritisches Denken, Kollaboration und Kommunikation fördern, die 4 Ks. Aber ob sie … Continue reading →

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No English, please!

Posted on 29. October 2012 by schaefew

Claude de Sainliens alias Claudius Holyband is considered to be the most professional of the language teachers and textbooks writers of the Tudor period in England. He opened several schools in London where he himself taught French (and the standard … Continue reading →

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Tight associations

Posted on 29. July 2011 by schaefew

A (school) student once wrote in an essay that a man after an accident “was wearing an association around his arm”. It took me some time to figure out what the problem was, but then the penny dropped. The student … Continue reading →

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Second before first?

Posted on 29. July 2011 by schaefew

Another (school) student once wrote in an exam when analysing a short story: “The first dam followed the second”. Now here was another puzzle for me. Why should the first dam follow the second, i.e. come after the second? That … Continue reading →

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