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DEIJ Resources, Tips and advice

How Getting Your Students To Teach Can Increase Their Success And Support Decolonising Your Classroom

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PBL is a front-loaded approach; with precise planning and vision at the start, the rest of the project and knowledge-creation are led by the students with little more than over-the-shoulder support. This approach allows PBL to approach learning constructively, building knowledge collectively rather than having one source or ‘correct’ answer given by the teacher.

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DEIJ Resources, Geography, Tips and advice

How to Stop Averages from Colonising our Classrooms

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As the world of education begins to slowly engage with pedagogies that are more inclusive, decolonised, and anti-racist, a remaining point of failure across the board is the use of data. Our use of simple statistics whether introducing a country, using real-world numbers such as average salary for applied mathematics or explaining a biological phenomenon, can build harmful generalisations within our classrooms. In order to Decolonise our pedagogies and teach inclusively, we must consider our use of statistics and our application of mathematics.

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Behind the curtain of international teacher recruitment, Should you teach internationally? Black Edition, Tips and advice

Why teaching is the next step for Black Geographers

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Black geographers are uniquely skilled to become empathetic teachers, inspiring mentors, and advise on changes that are needed within education. Becoming teachers will add black voices to educational progress and demonstrate how successful all students can be with an anti-racist approach.

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