21st-century teacher education
Kate Walsh :(From previous issue)This improbable feat, not unlike the transformation of Pinocchio from puppet to real boy, is accomplished as candidates reveal their feelings...
Campus Cronical
No substitute for a Teacher
June Kronholz :My son had a new degree and a nine-month unpaid gap in his training as a Marine Corps lieutenant. Please don’t fill it...
21st-century teacher education
Kate Walsh :For almost as long as there have been institutions dedicated to the preparation of new teachers, the endeavor has come in for criticism....
Madrasha education : Some observations
Farook Ahmed :Evidently some of our intellectuals and high-brows have pathological antipathy towards Madrasha education. Usually they look upon a Madrasha educated person as uneducated,...
A day well spent at the ELT International Conference at IER
Amin Rahman :I was coming from Melbourne to Dhaka to watch some of the T20 world cup matches at Mirpur Stadium. I was flying by...
Nepal revisited: Teachers are intrinsically motivated
Masum Billah :Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association (NELTA) invited me to attend its 19th International Conference held in Kathmandu and Hetauda respectively. This was my...
Ethno linguistic survey- A noble initiative indeed
Masum Billah :The International Mother Language Institute of Bangladesh has initiated a commendable job. It has begun a survey on languages of indigenous communities to...
The future of language education in Bangladesh
An Educationist :Things have truly surfaced that students are still unable to use English in their practical life even though they attain good grades in...
National Primary Education Week 2014 : Some relevant issues
A Teacher :National Primary Education Week 2014 was observed in the country which started from March 09 and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister at...
Is your teen texting in class?
Rebecca VanderMeulen :If your teen is like most, he’s an avid text-messager. In fact, 72 percent of kids between the ages of 12 and 17...
Online education and the challenge of motivation
Timothy D Arnold :Getting an online education is both a very thrilling proposition and a challenging one as well. It is quite exciting to learn...