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A new way to travel in Thailand

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2021 / Comments Off on A new way to travel in Thailand

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/thailand-community-tourism-intl/index.html This website helps us to find good ways to experience Thailand from a different perspective that raw tourism and mere commercial entertainment.

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E. Anthony Collins

Why do people read?

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2021 / Comments Off on Why do people read?

I assume the most basic explanation or response to the question: why do people read? is that reading is a likable activity for the most part.  It yields good results.  But to question, Why do people read, wondering about reading and deeper learning by students from a critical perspective–this is a personal effort to improve…

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E. anthony Collins

Wisely and earnestly: I keep trying to remember this idea

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2021 / Comments Off on Wisely and earnestly: I keep trying to remember this idea

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. – Buddha’s Wise Words that I emulate to the best of my ability.

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A man in white shirt and blue jeans is looking at the camera.

A Beginner’s Mentality in Teaching

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2021 / Comments Off on A Beginner’s Mentality in Teaching

I am teaching a short term course for South Bay Adult School in Manhattan Beach, California, Beginning Screenplay Writing, for the next four weeks.  The course website gives an overview of the course content and approach.  I will apply this same model when I go to teach in Karachi, Bangkok, and Shanghai.  Always having a…

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Learning assessment, Finnish style

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2021 / Comments Off on Learning assessment, Finnish style

I am trying to find new, innovative, and useful models for assessing higher learning in student work.  I also seek formative assessment through self-reflection upon my own performance as a teacher-facilitator. Five purposes of mathematics assessment have been outlined by Kulm (1994) as the following: improving instruction and learning, evaluating student progress, providing feedback for…

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