by Cognition Education | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
New for NZ – Professional Growth Cycles Performance appraisal requirements for teachers in New Zealand have recently been removed by the Teaching Council. In its place, schools will be co-designing an individualised Professional Growth Cycle to ensure teachers...
by Cognition Education | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
By Dr Arran Hamilton From learning management systems, intelligent tutoring platforms to completely paperless schools – the use of education technology is rampant (and ramping up) across school systems. More than USD $140 billion per annum is currently being spent...
by Cognition Education | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
Back to basics Do these sayings sound familiar? Do you cringe thinking back to timed tests we used to do at school? Test yourself now. You have 10 seconds only to give the answer to the following number sentences: 9 + 5 = 3 x 8 = 4 + 7 = 5 + 8 = 9 + 5 = 7 x 6 = 6 + 5...
by Cognition Education | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
“There is a huge elephant standing in most math classrooms: it is the idea that only some students can do well in math. Students believe it, parents believe it and teachers believe it. The myth that math is a gift that some students have and some do not is one...
by Cognition Education | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog
You become an educator for a reason, it’s a calling, it’s in your soul. Whether you stumbled onto this pathway by accident, or pre-planned the route, it’s undeniably fulfilling but also consuming. Lately we have been on a rollercoaster of changes. How...
