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News image Points don’t mean prizes: The best way to motivate children at school and home - The best way to motivate children at school and home News | China | Parent Advice | School Advice
Points don’t mean prizes: The best way to motivate children at school and home

In this article, Dr Terry Creissen gives his insights into Nord Anglia’s approach to motivating children by encouraging deeper engagement.

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News image Nord Anglia appoints new Managing Directors for China International and India - Nord Anglia appoints new Managing Directors for China International and India News | homefeatured | China | Featured | Group News | In the Media | News From Our Schools
Nord Anglia appoints new Managing Directors for China International and India
Nord Anglia Education (NAE) today announced that Dr Terry Creissen OBE has been appointed Regional Managing Director China International Schools and a member of Nord Anglia’s Executive Committee. Prior to his appointment, Dr Creissen was NAE’s Managing Director for India. It was also announced that Brian Cooklin has been appointed Managing Director (India). Brian is the founding Principal of the award-winning Nord Anglia International School Hong Kong (NAIS Hong Kong). He took up his new position at the end of the 2020 academic year, succeeding Dr Terry Creissen.
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News image Nord Anglia to open two new schools in China this September - Nord Anglia to open two new schools in China this September News | China | Group News
Nord Anglia to open two new schools in China this September
Our global family of schools continues to grow, with two brand-new schools in China set to officially open their doors to students on 1 September 2020 for the start of the new academic year. We are proud to say that this brings our total number of schools to 68, located across 29 countries around the world.
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News image Nord Anglia Education celebrates opening of four bilingual schools in China - Nord Anglia Education celebrates opening of four bilingual schools in China News | China | Group News
Nord Anglia Education celebrates opening of four bilingual schools in China
Nord Anglia Education (NAE), the world’s leading premium schools group, announced that its four brand-new bilingual schools in mainland China have opened for the new school year. The bilingual schools are Nord Anglia School Beijing, Fangshan; Nord Anglia School Foshan; Nord Anglia School Nantong; and Nord Anglia School Shenzhen. Welcoming hundreds of new students on opening this week, the schools will educate more than 7,200 students in total.
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News image Playing to learn - Playing to learn Blog | homefeatured | China | Educational Insights | Featured | Student Stories | Teacher Stories
Playing to learn
Focussing on play during a child’s early years education is a motivational approach that enables them to achieve greater academic success, develop lifelong skills and a positive attitude to learning.
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News image Unleash your creativity - Unleash your creativity Blog | MIT | China | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
Unleash your creativity
Creativity isn’t a trait unique to those who pursue the arts. Educators say it’s a way of thinking that leads to imaginative and unique solutions to all types of real-world problems
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News image More than a single answer - More than a single answer Blog | MIT | China | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America
More than a single answer
Learning has shifted from solving a problem with a single, definitive answer to identifying problems in a given situation and offering multiple, possible solutions, Nord Anglia Education, Education Director Andy Puttock says.
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News image Does it matter which university you choose? - Does it matter which university you choose Blog | homefeatured | China | Educational Insights | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
Does it matter which university you choose?
Where you go is not who’ll you’ll be, were comments that sparked debate recently in the media and got many of us thinking, does that statement ring true for the university you choose? Windermere Preparatory School’s International Student Advisor Ruth Lahnston, Counselor Nancy Gerena and British International School Chicago, South Loop’s Director of Counseling Lindsay Kafitz say students should choose a university that is the best fit for them.
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News image Curious minds in high demand - Curious minds in high demand Blog | MIT | China | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
Curious minds in high demand
Promoting curiosity and exploration is crucial to help achieve more effective problem solving. Schools can play a part in developing these qualities in young people through inquiry-based learning
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News image A passage to adulthood - A passage to adulthood Blog | homefeatured | China | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
A passage to adulthood
Attending boarding school is no longer about convenience for expats living abroad, rather educators believe students develop important life skills, setting them up for success in the future.
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News image Teacher opportunities expanding with new schools China - Teacher opportunities expanding with new schools China News | homefeatured | China | Featured
Teacher opportunities expanding with new schools China
This week, at Nord Anglia Education’s ‘Outstanding Teachers for Outstanding Schools’ event in London, Mr Embley told potential teaching candidates for roles in China about what they could expect.
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News image What’s the problem? - Whats the problem Blog | MIT | China | Featured
What's the problem?
Employers want schools to equip students with complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills from a young age to better prepare them for work in the future
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News image Step up and take action! Inspiring students to move from awareness to action in their communities - Step up and take action Inspiring students to move from awareness to action in their communities Blog | UNICEF | China | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
Step up and take action! Inspiring students to move from awareness to action in their communities
Jefta Timmer was only 10 years old when she moved from her home in the Netherlands to India with her family. While she knew she would be leaving behind her old home, her childhood friends and her favourite foods, she had no idea that she would also be leaving behind her old perspective of the world forever.
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News image No holds barred - No holds barred Blog | MIT | China | Educational Insights | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
No holds barred
STEAM learning empowers students to become creative by exposing them to situations without parameters, challenging them to both identify problems and invent solutions.
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News image The goal of playing the game - The goal of playing the game Blog | China | Educational Insights | Europe | Featured | Global Campus | North America | School Activities | South America | Southeast Asia
The goal of playing the game
Playing competitive sports can teach students many positive social behaviours and life skills, but above all they realise that true competition is about working on themselves.
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News image Making it personal - Making it personal Blog | China | Educational Insights | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
Making it personal
Educators are leaving traditional practices behind in favour of a tailored, more personalised approach for each student that gives them greater control over their own learning.
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News image RoboSnail and furry wetsuit inventor wants students to look to the animal world for engineering inspiration - RoboSnail and furry wetsuit inventor wants students to look to the animal world for engineering Blog | MIT | China | Europe | Featured | Middle East | North America | South America | Southeast Asia
RoboSnail and furry wetsuit inventor wants students to look to the animal world for engineering inspiration
MIT’s Professor Anette Peko Hosoi is challenging our students to explore the unique qualities animals possess and how it can enhance human ability or solve human problems in the Super Natural MIT Challenge.
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News image In a digital age experiential learning is more important than ever, says head of expeditions - In a digital age experiential learning is more important than ever says head of expeditions Blog | China | Europe | Featured | Global Campus | Middle East | North America | Southeast Asia
In a digital age experiential learning is more important than ever, says head of expeditions
David Wall says the consumption of tailored information through mobile devices has created a widening gap between how our students learn about the world and how they actually experience it.
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