This week, I led a seminar where students had to rework a history quiz question to support a competence to be assessed according to the curriculum's objectives. Yesterday's group told me that they enjoyed the exercise.

Today's group reacted somewhat differently: One student said that she felt they had been thrown into the "deep end", and many complained that they were unprepared. Apparently nobody had taught them anything about assessment before (later I heard from a colleague that this wasn't quite true).

I suggested that this is why we were doing this exercise. Also, they were hardly in the deep end, since they weren't assessing actual pupils. I wonder how they would prefer to learn new skills, if a hypothetical exercise (which didn't even influence their grades) threw them off like that.

That being said, there were also students in the group that were eager to discuss assessment and genuinely interested in the topic. I wish I had more time for that, and I regret not asking for permission to use their tasks as research material.

Now I'm curious how tomorrow's group will react!

#assessment #historyeducation #teachereducation

Share My Lesson is currently accepting proposals from educators who are interested in presenting a session at the 2026 SML Virtual Conference!

This year’s conference will feature three themed days and a streamlined schedule of 30 sessions total, creating a more focused and engaging experience for participants. Conference themes will be:

- Teaching in a Digital World: Technology, AI and digital literacy;
- The Whole Educator, The Whole Student: Wellness, SEL and mental health; and
- The Power of Core Subjects: Math, science, civics, literacy and the arts

Sessions are 55 minutes, held virtually, and will be available both live & later on demand.

Proposals are due Friday, January 9, 2026.

Pls share this invite with colleagues or organizations doing great work that you think would be a strong fit!

https://sharemylesson.com/2026-share-my-lesson-virtual-conference-request-proposals

#Education #Educators #Teachers #TeacherTraining #TeacherPD #ProfessionalDevelopment #TeacherEducation #AI #SEL #Math #STEM #Civics #Literacy #DigitalLiteracy

TEFL interviews can feel intimidating—but preparation makes all the difference. This guide covers accredited TEFL programmes, common interview questions, teaching portfolios, and roleplay lessons to help you secure teaching jobs abroad: https://www.ebcteflcourse.com/tefl-interview-preparation-guide-job-success/

#TEFLInterview #TEFLJobs #TeachEnglishAbroad #TESOL #EFLTeachers #TeacherEducation #InternationalTeaching #TEFL

Teaching young learners effectively means understanding their needs, choosing the right materials, and creating engaging, well-managed lessons. This practical guide breaks down each step clearly—ideal for TEFL and TESOL teachers preparing for classrooms abroad.

Read more here: https://www.ebcteflcourse.com/how-to-teach-young-learners-step-guide/

#TeachingYoungLearners #TEFL #TESOL #EFLTeachers #TeachEnglishAbroad #TeacherEducation #EducationCommunity

TEACHER EDUCATION: The challenge is learning (through RBL at university) to teach IBL (at school).

Harald

#teachereducation

📖 All means all!

An OpenTextbook for an inclusive and intersectional, multi-dimensional approach in teacher education

Jetzt online verfügbar!

https://book.all-means-all.education/ama-2025-en/#toc-front-matter-4

#inclusion #intersectional #teachereducation

A warm welcome to our guests from Namibia

A group of students from the University of Namibia (UNAM) @unam has arrived at Weingarten. The Rector Prof. Dr. Karin Schweizer said hello to them and pointed out, that international cooperations are very important to the University Weingarten.

The students are participating in the project MIBKon dealing with multi-lingualism in the context of education. Dr. Anny Schweigkofler Kuhn from the University of Education Weingarten, who leads the project together with Dr. Gerda Wittmann from UNAM, said that the students from Namibia are working together with the students from Germany, they have two meetings in person and are otherwise active in online seminars. The project has started in 2023 and is supported by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.

The students participating in the projects do not only have the opportunity to visit each other in their home countries but they can also acquire multicultural understanding and skills. Most of them are aiming at becoming a teacher, so these competencies will be very helpful for their future profession.

#studyingabroad #studyinglanguages #studyingingermany #multicultural #teachereducation #lieberlehramt #namibia #multilingual #weingarten #oberschwaben #ph_weingarten

🎓 How are teacher education programs in Brazil responding to increasing precarization and policy shifts?
This post reflects on recent changes to PIBID and broader impacts on Geography teacher training.
Based on research and teaching experiences at UFBA.

🔗 https://colapso.ggf.br/en/teacher-education-and-pibid-in-times-of-precarization-critical-reflections-and-possible-pathways/

#TeacherEducation #PIBID #Geography #EducationalPolicy #UFBA #CriticalGeography #COLAPSO

Deepen your skills for teaching with film with Journeys in Film Professional Development Webinars. These teacher training sessions are available free, online and on-demand. Get tools to boost student engagement and teach critical thinking across the curriculum plus earn one hour of PD credit!

https://journeysinfilm.org/articles/teach-with-film-webinars/

#TeacherTraining #TeacherPD #TeacherEducation #TeacherDevelopment #Webinar #Education #Teachers #Teaching @education