Resources for Teaching

The ancient Chinese martial arts are veiled in mystery.
Each school teaches its own unique approach to the experience of self defence.
Historically, the training methods and applications of the different schools were closely guarded.
The most secretive and inaccessible were the neijia schools.

Neijiaquan employs taoist insights and principles.
The teachings are counter-intuitive, puzzling and cryptic.
They cannot be explained using words.
In order to understand, you must do.

Not everyone is capable or willing to explore the hidden teachings of the arcane arts.

This site contains all of the now defunct Teachers TV videos plus loads of useful resources from other UK education sites.

Some of our resources have been produced by ladder4learning while some have been produced elsewhere and we have provided a link to them.

Where resources have not been produced by ladder4learning, every effort has been made to seek permissions and credit the appropriate sources.

Please note that while every effort is made to ensure that all information is accurate, valid and up to-date all site content is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind.

For ease of use, the resources have been organised under the following headings, please follow the appropriate link:

My friend Nick worked on this course with a friend of his who has sadly passed away, but he's made it available now for free in his memory. It includes a PDF guide plus two hours of supporting audio comprising seven easy lessons in how to identify what you know and competently teach it.

As Nick says, "we would love you to have access to Rick’s material free of charge – with just one condition – please use the material to teach what you have to share."

Might be of interest to all those "long-time learners, first-time teachers" out there?

This week a couple of friends of mine asked me to teach them how the web works, and the basics of what they'd need to know to commission their own websites. So I found myself in the strange position of being their teacher for the evening. I think I did okay, so here's what I did, and what I learnt:

1. I asked them what they wanted to learn. (Easy to miss this one.) They basically had enough questions to build a clear map of the lesson, and it meant I could use examples from their lives to illustrate my points.

Quranitutor present the best online platform for your kids to learn Quran Recitation & Reading with Qualified teachers through Skype.

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The article briefly discusses how a cognitive process perspective supports both the acquisition of academic standards and the development of individual proficiencies. (PDF, 5 pages, 38kb]

Standards_and_Globalization.pdf

The Kansas City Vocal Institute provides affordable and professional voice lessons, performance opportunities, and music education for children and adults in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. We provide voice and music education taught by area teachers and professional musicians.

Lessons and classes are given at several local colleges and other areas across the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. We also provide free music training for the underpriviledged children and families of Kansas City through scholarships. Please contact us for more information.

DO YOU SEE AN URGENT NEED FOR FREE, ENVIRONMENTALLY JOINED UP, CREATIVE, EDUCATION? –universities charge to set us up for a life time of debt, teaching hours for tutors are cut, facilities reduced. IF YOU are a teacher and want to teach, an artist and want to create, or a local and want to be part of a community!

Would you like to be involved? with Summer School at Spitalfields City Farm? We're looking for people who live in Bethnal Green and E1 to create a summer of free talks and events based in thinking about the locality.

Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 November
RNCM GAMELAN WEEKEND

This year the RNCM will be hosting one of the UK's largest festivals of Gamelan in over 10 years! Featuring the South Bank Gamelan Players, The Hallé, Wigan Instrumental Teaching Service, An introduction to Javanese puppetry, workshops, and much more.

On November 15th 2009 the RNCM is hosting it's annual Saxophone Day, featuring masterclasses, workshops and concerts by world renowned saxophonists, such as Simon Willescroft, The National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain, Vincent David, Carl Raven and also a huge trade exhibition, featuring the leading UK and International saxophone manufacturers and retailers.

If you go down to the park this summer, you might get a big surprise - at least if it's Regents Park in London.