Oct 03 2009
The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day
World Teachers’ Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 – when it was created by UNESCO – celebrates teachers worldwide. Here are few quickly put together resources you might find useful/helpful:
Education International has a nicely put together multilingual website about the day with photos and descriptions.
UNESCO itself has a website on the day with links to many related resources.
The National Education Association has a number of resources on the day, including an impressive online video about education in South Africa.
Here’s some interesting data from The New York Times comparing class size and teacher pay in countries around the world.
ESL Holiday Lessons, one of many great sites developed by Sean Banville, has an excellent lesson on the day.
Other suggestions are welcome, so please feel free to leave them in the comments section.
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Hi Larry,
I also intend to use this site with my students in the computer lab today:
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/great-teachers/home.html
It combines all kinds of media and it is really useful for practising writing skills.
Regards,
Christina
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Hi again,
These are the activities that I have prepared for the day, mostly deriving inspiration from your blog post! A variety of ideas are included:
http://markaki-students.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-teachers-day-today-relevant.html
Thanks again,
Christina
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