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Welcome

May 5, 2019 Mira Vogel 0

This site supports inclusive, active learning at King’s. Before you turn to the activities themselves, we refer you to the ‘What is active learning?‘ and ‘How to select activities‘ pages. These preliminary readings make the […]

About the Common Ground Project

June 24, 2024 Vernee Samuel 0

A ‘Common Ground’ post What is it? The Common Ground research project is a small-scale qualitative study commissioned by King’s Academy and led by Vernee Samuel and Mira Vogel. We wanted to find out whether […]

The Value of Rapport

June 19, 2024 Vernee Samuel 0

A ‘Common Ground’ post What is it? The Oxford Learners Dictionary defines rapport as “a friendly relationship in which people understand each other very well”. Academic research on rapport in a classroom setting is a […]

Getting to Know Your Students 

June 19, 2024 Vernee Samuel 0

A ‘Common Ground’ post  What does this entail?  Educators learning more about their students in order to maximise rapport between them.   Why do it?  Research studies indicate that when educators get to know their students […]

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Collaborative reading before a flipped class

May 26, 2023 Mira Vogel 0

This case study is from Francisco (Paco) Rodríguez-Fortuño, Reader in Physics at King’s College London. Paco teaches a core module on Electromagnetism to around 160 second year undergraduate Physics students. The format is flipped, which […]

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Quizlet for learning vocabulary

May 3, 2022 Mira Vogel 0

This post is authored by Eman Sudik Ismael. Overview Eman Ismael teaches Arabic for postgraduate and undergraduate students as well as evening courses at King’s College London. She is based at the Modern Language Centre, […]

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Everyone raise your hand

February 2, 2022 Mira Vogel 0

Authored by Dr Darren Harvey, Lecturer in Law (Education), Dickson Poon School of Law. What is it? A question is posed by the person leading the teaching session, who then instructs everybody participating in the […]