Blog for teachers
Teaching Effective Thinking – Six Thinking Hats
Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats was originally designed…
CPD Course 7: ChatGPT in the Language Classroom
The course I took on online teaching mentions PeacheyPublications.com…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Devil’s Advocate
This is a good activity for critical thinking, it helps when…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Good News / Bad News
This is a good exercise in looking at things from a different…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Similes 2
This is another activity which encourages random association.…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Comparatives
Another game to encourage remote connections is the Boasting…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Similes
This is one game to encourage remote connections, an important…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Games – The Brick Test
This is probably the most well-known 'creative thinking' activity.…
Teaching Effective Thinking: Brainstorming and Brainwriting
This is my second blog post on promoting creativity in the…
EAP: Teaching Effective Thinking Introduction
The World Economic Forum identifies four capabilities 21st…
CPD Course 6: Teaching English Online
Another FutureLearn course in association with Cambridge University…
CPD Course 5:: Teaching English through Literature
This is a free British Council course. It’s different from…
CPD Course 4: How to use Graded Readers in the English Language Classroom
This is another short course by 'Language Fuel' and FutureLearn.…
CPD Course 3: Using Creative Problem Solving FutureLearn
This is a FutureLearn course created in conjunction with the…