Month: March 2021
Learning to Learn – Study Skills
March 2021The Teachers Collective is happy to announce our summer programs for 2021.
Learning to learn or study is a critical skill for students. These skills are assumed – people notice when they are absent! Very rarely are students explicitly taught structured methods to study, make notes, write formally with key terms, set goals and organize their time/space/supplies.
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The Communication Series: Parliamentary Debating /Negotiation
March 2021At The Teachers Collective, we work with an average of 350 students every year in longer programs with schools, intensively teaching debating, Model UN and negotiation skills. The point of these classes is not only making one a better debater but also helping every child develop critical thinking skills, improve their logic, identify logical fallacies in their arguments and build an evidence based case on any topic discussed.
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The Communication Series: Writing a Research Paper
March 2021POSTPONED TO MAY 17th, 18th and 19th.
Communicating through writing is a critical skill: one that is rigourously assessed in exams, assignments, speeches and letters among other forms. As children grow older, research papers enter the fray. Writing a good research paper is a slightly more specialized skill.
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