Are you struggling with elective class enrolments? Feel like you are constantly fighting for support from the executive? Your problem may lie in differentiation – although not from the traditional perspective. Differentiation is how we shape our teaching and learning activities to support the …
“Surprise, surprise! Students enjoy learning from traditional books.”
“Surprise, surprise! Students enjoy learning from traditional books.” So begins Richard Glover’s article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum, April 6-7 2019, p3). I found this interesting as when we first wrote the Jblog textbook series we also looked into creating an ebook version. We …
Assessment – time to reconsider your beliefs
Last year I attended the National symposium of Japanese language education. At one point, I was chatting to my very clever friend Christine, and we were discussing assessment. I asked her if she felt she had learned anything at the conference and she agreed that she had. I then asked her, how did …
