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Education & Development
TESSA: Listening to Pupils
Children are naturally curious and observant about the world around them. How can teachers support pupils in exploring and developing their ideas about the world? These short dramas invite comment on the teacher’s actions in a number of classroom and community incidents. The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the ...
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Education & Development
TESSA: Motivating Pupils
Effective teachers use a variety of strategies and activities to engage their pupils with learning in school. These short dramas show three teachers' attempts to make learning more relevant and motivating for their pupils; 'Anything for School' and 'The Music Teacher' show classroom lessons whilst 'Plantain Seller' takes place at school sports ...
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Education & Development
TESSA: Using Appropriate Language
In many classrooms there will be pupils who do not speak the language of the local community or the language of the classroom. These two dramas illustrate the importance for teachers in both using language with their pupils that is appropriate to pupils' level of understanding and checking pupils' understanding of instructions. The clips in ...
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Education & Development
TESSA: Using Local Resources
Many classrooms across Africa have few items of specialist equipment or materials. But imaginative teachers are able to draw on local resources from their communities to enrich their pupils' learning experiences. These short dramas portray how different teachers are using local resources and invite discussion on the advantages and challenges ...
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Education & Development
What do men and women do?
Explore the assumptions that children make based on gender with this activity that you can download and print.
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Education & Development
Who lives where?
Explore your children's expectations of who might live in what home.
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Education & Development
What's the animal?
How far can your child override their brain's natural impulses? Find out with this fun activity to download and print.
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Education & Development
Free Activity Cards
A set of cards with simple, fun tasks to share with your children were produced to accompany the 2004 series. We are pleased to be able to offer them to you as a set of free downloads
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Education & Development
About the stroop test
Dr Ingram Wright explains the importance of being able to override our brain’s ‘auto pilot’ – and looks at the Stroop test for inhibitory control and how this can be adapted for use with young children
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Try this quiz activity showing some of the choices social workers have to make in their jobs
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Education & Development
Literacy and Social Justice Hub
Welcome! Delve through a range of resources to support you in widening your knowledge and understanding of literacy, language, literature and social justice.