An international educator for more than 20 years, currently working in Bangkok.
Bangkok, Thailand
Joined April 2010
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Agricultural Migrant Workers also have human rights! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/NjqXPGrG via @CdnChange
I was so content to have a “year” of “Me-ternity”...now I suddenly have no possibility of income, very little money to leave my foreign home...the reality of many migrant workers here in BKK. #realempathy #firstworldpandemicproblems
Some days I wonder why, as a language teacher and school leader, I waste my time trying to teach the correct use of “I”, “me” and “myself” when at least 50% of my colleagues misuse it, are successful, and don’t really care. #languagematters #Trumped – at Vadhana, Thailand
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Readers need a book, not a lexile level. They need time, not a stop watch. They need choice. They need to discover what they love. They need to dive into books and come up gasping for air so they can dive back in.
Everyone assumes that equal access to health care and medicine is solely in “less developed” countries. Has equality become equal inaccessibility? – at Vadhana, Thailand
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Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent students do not shine in standardized tests, because they do not have standardized minds. @DianeRavitch #MIEExpert #educationStorytelling – at Hasselt, Belgium
Having #empathy, being able to consider another's perspective, and managing one's own emotions and actions, all of which are connected to #kindness, are linked to academic success. They also make communities stronger @LindaFlanagan2 bit.ly/2Pdt1do #edchat #parents
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Tomorrow (25 Nov) is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The 2018 theme is Orange the World: #HearMeToo. You can also get involved for women’s empowerment and gender equality: bit.ly/2DEF9O8 #16days #orangetheworld
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Bedtime reading to children isn't just for young kids. Reading with middle schoolers before they go to sleep can help them feel safe and loved, too — and can continue your shared bond over favorite books. hgse.me/2zjuRzt
Love that #NISTis celebrating the student-initiated #purplemyschool in support of international coming-out day. #Free2be – at Vadhana, Thailand
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Making a mistake with high confidence and then being corrected is one of the most powerful ways to absorb something and retain it. Teachers are working this fact into their #teaching bit.ly/2LRCJQM #edchat #cogsci #growthmindset #mathchat
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Evidence shows that comprehensive #sexualityeducation doesn’t increase sexual activity, sexual risk-taking behaviour or STI/HIV infection rates. Share your voice about the need for #CSE4ALL #CSEandMe
#NISTis teaching students to think, feel, see, know and wonder about an artist and their works, and not just copy what they find from good sources. #thinkingnotschooling – at Vadhana, Thailand
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Polyglot experiences suggest key to successful language acquisition is not hard study of rules of grammar, but exposure to comprehensible and interesting messages. Also no age limits to successful second language acquisition. My letter to New Yorker: tinyurl.com/y9sp4buw
Cool art and science collaboration of observation, cells and microscopes. Teachers as faciliators. Students as teachers. #NISTis – at Vadhana, Thailand
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We complain that students don't read. Then we bemoan their choices when they do. We can't have it both ways. @donalynbooks #ILA18
CfG@YIS Day 1 done! Brains full! Great group of professional collaborators once again. #CFGrowth @NISTSchool @yis @WAB_LIVE
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I’m always so impressed with the passion & commitment of our @NISTSchool secondary service Ss. #collaborative planning meeting for #EarthWeek was yet another demo of organisational & management skills, inivitations to hear all voices. @CindyHYChen @PlasticFreeNIST @cjabelly
