by Brad Blackstone National University of Singapore (Singapore) Keywords: blogging, collaborative learning, communication skills, journals, teaching writing Abstract This paper presents a pedagogical blogging process that was implemented in a tertiary-level professional communication course. It describes blogging and its key components, provides a rationale for pedagogical blogging, and summarizes the course blogging activities and […]
Month: November 2009
Bridging Seasons: Teaching Manuel Arguilla’s Midsummer and Anton Chekhov’s Misery
by Devi Benedicte’ I. Paez Ateneo de Manila University (Manila, Philippines) Keywords: culture, literature, student-centered learning, teaching reading Abstract How can a student of literature in English at a Philippine university be assisted in gaining an understanding of seemingly remote concepts such as the winter described in Chekhov’s Misery? This paper reviews a […]
The Case for Group Grades
by George Jacobs It appears that the use of group activities is continuing to gain momentum in both mainstream education (Gillies, 2007) and L2 education (Jacobs & Goh, 2007), based on support from theory, research and people’s own experiences with groups as teachers and students. However, the use of group activities brings with it […]
The Case against Group Grades
by Radhika Jaidev National University of Singapore (Singapore) Project work is a common feature of course work in many disciplines at university level. Students may be required to work on a project and submit either a written paper or deliver an oral presentation or do both. These ‘end products’ may be part of […]