Shanghai 4 has started
October 28, 2014
We are the fourth cohort of PGCE I students to gather in Shanghai to do a four day face to face course to kick off out PCGEI- a masters-level qualification. There are 61 of us and we all work in International Schools across Asia- from Shanghai itself to Taiwan, Beijing and Korea. Some of us …
Just have to look around to see educational values….
June 12, 2014
As we go to Shanghai schools, we only have to look around us to see how different the education here is from at home. The everyday things tell us about different priorities- culturally and educationally. We can’t help noticing the cultural paradox of a more collective society in which education is fiercely, individually competitive. We …
Shanghai schools- the little things you notice
June 10, 2014
Three new things from Shanghai schools-and they aren’t what you think! Eye exercises. Twice a day, in Shanghai schools, all the children do eye exercises. Suddenly, music comes out of a loudspeaker in the wall, a voice starts to count to the music and all the children hunch over and start massaging their eyes, cheeks …
Becoming a teacher and developing as a teacher in Shanghai
June 6, 2014
As we go round early years, primary and secondary schools, we are meeting teachers old and young and it is clear that teaching is a respected and valued profession here in Shanghai. Confucius seems to have started it, but everyone maintains that respect for teachers. It is a profession youngsters want to join and the …
Pupil directed learning
PISA results and the critiques of them we read before coming here, lead us to believe that the pupils learning experiences would be totally teacher directed. However our experience of Penglai Number Two Demonstration School have completely changed our impressions. At 7:30 we caught the bus to the 60 year old school, to observe some …
From breakfast(s) to lunch(es)
June 3, 2014
Today was the longest day imaginable, with a lot of hours between breakfast in England and lunch in Shanghai (and quite a few meals). Our Shanghai colleagues were already on the coach from Raleigh park flats when it got to us at the Jubilee Campus just before 8am. Although the bus driver hit a few …
PGCEi – How I learned to stop stressing and love the PGCEi
May 27, 2014
When I first decided to continue my studies back in 2011 I didn’t really have any idea how I wanted to do it. What to study, where to study it, and for how long? I had been teaching at a language school in Thailand for a little over a year and a half and one …
Shanghai 10 – what our Shanghai colleagues really think!
The Shanghai Normal University students have had a hectic time in Nottingham and have done a good deal of travel and tourism around their school work. The high spot of the visit was the three days they spent in primary classes with their partner students from the School Direct programme. The schools hosted the shanghai …
Shanghai 10 – Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) students’ activities at the School of Education (UNUK)
May 23, 2014
The students from Shanghai normal University have thrown themselves into the programme of seminars and school visits. The first day involved a tour of the University, seminars, and the exciting experience of getting a bus pass for the City. Since then, there has been no stopping them. Amid trips to the town, caves, museum etc, …
Shanghai 10’s Trip Preparation
May 21, 2014
Students from the School of Education (UNUK) share their planning and preparation for their two week exchange trip to Shanghai. We had a number of tasks to carry out in preparation for our departure to Shanghai- some were fun and some- not so much. The application for a Chinese visa was surprisingly stressful. You …
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