The pandemic highlighted the need for current and incoming teachers to understand how to use education technology effectively for teaching and learning. For current educators, those learning ...

How do I measure global competence in pre-service teachers? This is, hands down, one of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) I encounter when I speak about developing globally competent teachers ...

Not all aspiring teachers acquire digital competencies during their studies, as this is not always mandatory – and there are ...

Who would have thought the terms “competency” and “mastery” would elicit the sort of reactions they do in higher education? To some, the word competency is a threat to education itself, a way to ...

Although the title of my blog is "Incompetence," most of my posts have dealt with only one aspect of incompetence: foolish (i.e., risk-oblivious) behavior. That is because I am working on a book ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. This article is more than 10 years old. Sometimes I feel there is ...

HEP-TED’s first outcome aims to improve the quality of teacher education through co-creation and pedagogical renewal towards competence-based approaches to higher learning. The second outcome, ...

As a Chinese and Japanese language teacher, I’ve always had a secret antipathy for sushi and dumplings. It’s not that I don’t like to eat them. It’s just that, in my first experiences teaching these ...

Manitoba’s independent education commissioner will have new powers to field and probe complaints about teacher performance in time for back-to-school season. *Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks ...

This topic is much in the news, given the current emphasis on grading teacher competence, and using the results (which are sometimes made public) to reward, punish or even fire teachers based on those ...