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8 Trends in Foreign Language Teaching

Flipped learning, online platforms instead of textbooks, study buddies, and other approaches worth considering for online schools and tutors.

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4 Ways to Assess Knowledge in an Online Course Without Teachers

Feedback in an online course can be organized without a teacher. This can be accomplished through tests, case studies, self-assessment, and peer assessment.

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Ilya Repin: "In geometry, proofs seemed unnecessary to me, and I threw them out"

The story of how the future great painter took exams at the Academy of Arts.

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What is academic engagement and how to manage it

What exactly is meant by engagement, what components does it consist of, how is it related to motivation, and how can it be measured and improved?

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Why Mayer's principles are difficult to apply in practice: The experience of British educational designers

A group of mathematics curriculum developers shared insights from their experience that will be useful regardless of the subject area.

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One Day in Ilya Repin's Life at the Academy of Arts

In order to get an education, the future famous painter lived on bread and water, and his classes lasted 12 hours.

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Vladimir Nabokov: "School kind of allowed me to drag a dead rat around with me by the tail"

The future great writer studied at one of the most advanced and liberal schools of his time, but was dissatisfied with it.

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What, How, and Where Did the Poets of the Silver Age Study?

Most of them disliked school. And many enrolled in law school, even though they had no intention of becoming lawyers. But there were other options.

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"All these designers are just a skill": questions about what should and shouldn't be taught

This discussion at the Moscow International School of Economics began with a discussion of whether humanities scholars are needed in our time, and then moved on to the topic of the crisis of professio...

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Sergei Yesenin at the teacher training college: "He studied cheerfully, as if jokingly"

The parents of the future "robber and boor" of all Rus' dreamed of him becoming a teacher. But he had his own plans—and the blessing of his literature professor.

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What Happens to Your Thinking When Reading Complex Philosophical Texts

An excerpt from Veronica Reichl's book "Mind Reading".

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How to Measure the Quality of Learning in Courses: Netology's Approach

At a conference organized by the company, they explained how they conducted research and developed their quality assessment system.