Posts Categorized: Maths

It’s been long said that one day, in a future, far, far away, we’ll be seeing teachers replaced by automated systems, robotics and computer technology of the highest caliber. Up until recently, however, this was all but science fiction and served no real-world probability or possibility. However, this could be due to change.   In… Read more »

It’s true that Shanghai, China, is long reputed to have the best education system in the world. Indeed, it’s known that on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings, China has scored the highest in every sector for the past five years, including in Mathematics, Science and Reading, beating high-power western world countries such… Read more »

The east and northern regions of the world are often criticized, for lack of a better term, for a non-civilized view of economic and educative principles. But in recent years the world has seen a sharp turn in many of these countries and it’s been shown that these outdated, and frankly, bigoted views are reminiscent… Read more »

Despite what many may perceive as a highly developed institutional system, the western world’s education has often been criticized as ‘lacking stimuli’ and ‘non-engaging’ with sources frequently citing that a lack of gripping material, exercises and frankly downright one-sided historical reference sets has damaged the young minds of this majorly influential region of the world…. Read more »

With its origins based in 1993 in the Empire Polo Club, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival began with a performance by rock band Pearl Jam, and although the band’s management used the site to boycott Ticketmaster, the success of the concert demonstrated just how well a larger-scale event would succeed. In 1999, the… Read more »

Teach in Qatar: Teachers are on the move!   Dubai, Dubai, Dubai, that’s all we seem to hear when teachers call in to the office.  The crazy thing is the salaries aren’t as lucrative as they used to be and is still an expensive country to work in.  Anyone who is on the ground or… Read more »

Human Rights in China   We often talk about Human Rights in the western world which often causes room for discussion.  However, when we talk about Human Rights in China, this is a very sensitive subject to discuss.   Here are some interesting questions for you: Do you think China has NO Human Rights and… Read more »

As a recruiter for the Asian market I often come across many people that do not want or consider going to teach in China, and only when they have no choice, they accept the reality of moving to this great big country. After this they send feedback to me and have a completely different experience… Read more »

Expats in Indonesia As part of our on-going journey to help provide real life experiences of expat teachers who have “been there and done it”, we would like to thank Mr McLean for submitting this article to be posted on the SeekTeachers Blog. Mr McLean shares his real life experiences about life as an expat in Indonesia. Here’s what he… Read more »

Will Computers end up Teaching Classes in the Future? The world of education is changing and changing fast. With more technology available, more and more schools look to make use of technology from VLE’s to super advanced interactive white boards. Could it be that one day students enter a classroom where there is no teacher… Read more »