Too often in education we think we know what is best for our students. Not often enough do we listen and hear what our students are saying about their education. This collection tries to show more of the student perspective.
I think most people who are using ChatGPT to help with writing are doing it wrong. I don’t just mean because they using it to cheat on school assignments (don’t do that) or because they don’t check the facts that ChatGPT gives (they might be made up), but because they have the wrong mental model for how to work with the system.
I have mentioned that ChatGPT isn’t Google, and it isn’t Alexa, but it also isn’t a human that you are giving instructions to. It is a machine you are programming with words.
When I was in high school, there were a few compulsory subjects (like English and Maths), and then two broad streams which could roughly be divided into science and humanities. The subjects I studied in year 12, if my memory serves me correctly, were English, Specialist Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Latin, and Maths 101 via the…
Senior school students have had a stressful year. But their personal experiences during this turbulent period can also be a source of inspiration for writing tasks in the English exam.
In this video, I provide some advice on how to use sources effectively in your academic writing. You might find the following time indices helpful in perusing the contents of the video.
01:23 Using sources to support a factual statement 02:03 Using sources to illustrate/support a theory/concept/theme 02:54 Using sources to develop an argument/line of reasoning
03:50 Example 1: Avoid unsubstantiated assertions; use sources to support what you say. 05:12 Example 2: Avoid reliance on unreliable website sources in your work; prioritise peer reviewed sources. 07:11 Example 3: Don't expect the reader to figure out the significance of the sources you use; make the relationship between the source and the point being made clear.
Grammatical metaphor is different to what we understand to be "metaphor". It's a way of converting words and shortening clauses, so more information can be packed into fewer characters.
What children say about free writing is similar to how professional authors describe the creative process. Teachers should give kids freedom to explore, providing guidance when it's due.
What’s the secret to a productive spell of writing? Chris Smith shares insights gleaned from interviews with a diverse group of academics, from which a number of common academic writing habit…
Motivate students to revise their writing through self-publishing fiction, creating podcasts and YouTube videos, writing blogs, corresponding with others, and anything else for an authentic audience.
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