The human brain is a hugely complex organ and the talk about it is complex and often hotly contested. The fact that it garners a lot of attention in the media as well as in popular literature makes talk of the brain increasingly interesting, and necessary, for educators. This article sets out to …
Pakenham Secondary College
A few years ago, we shared with you a research conducted in 2018 and evaluating the whole-school implementation of an explicit language-based pedagogy in one of the most economically disadvantaged schools in Victoria, Australia. We are excited today to be sharing with you two exciting updates …
Feedback: Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms – Hong Kong, March 2019
Thank you to the Australian International School Hong Kong for hosting a highly successful Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms tutor training. Really enjoyed doing this. Heavy impact. I have grown considerably in 5 days! Intense but very useful. It will take some thought and time to pull …
The British School Jakarta
The British School Jakarta has been present in Jakarta for over 40 years and has a role of 1,400 students aged 3 to 18. In 2015, BSJ decided to implement Lexis Education's Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms (TEMC) course, a language-based pedagogy to accelerate multilingual …
Providing a high-challenge curriculum for all students
Providing a high-challenge curriculum for all students By Brian Dare When we take a moment to consider the range of texts students are expected to compose and comprehend in any schooling context, we begin to understand the enormity of the meaning-making challenge that all students face as they …
Lexis Education now a COBIS Supporting Member
We are excited to announce that Lexis Education is now a COBIS Supporting Member. COBIS is the premier global membership association for British international schools overseas. COBIS delivers world-class quality assurance and external validation through the COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and …