11/03/2013

As promised - quotes for Moroccan teachers

I promised to post the key quotes from my Task seminar last week in Morocco. I like to keep my promises...


TASKS – Morocco, 5-9 March
Fes, Casablanca, Rabat, Agadir and Marrakech


Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.
Chinese Proverb

Human beings feel best in flow, when they are fully involved in meeting a challenge, solving a problem, discovering something new
Mihayli Csikszentmihalyi

Dropouts don’t leave school because we don’t give them enough facts, but because they don’t find any meaning in them.
Gertrude Moskowitz, 1978

Projects
       encourage students to work in groups
       extend English language learning in engaging and creative ways
       develop a wide range of skills such as research, interviewing, editing texts, using ICT and visuals, design

Drama is doing.
Drama is being.
Drama is such a normal thing. 
It is something we engage in daily.
Charlyn Wessels

Good Learners
are curious
have courage
are good at exploration & investigation
experiment
have imagination
able to think carefully, rigorously & methodically
collaborate
are reflective    
 Guy Claxton

TASKS:
Arouse curiosity
Create a challenge
Encourage collaboration and communication
Move towards a satisfying conclusion
Celebrate learning!
                                               
The only time my education was interrupted was while I was at school.
Winston Churchill

 Colourful Agadir!!

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