

The Old School Tie?
Old Boy (name still used for alumni of British
independent schools) of a well-known school at which I was teaching, recounting that when he


Out with the new and in with the old
The GCSE exams taken by British pupils at age 16 have been reformed by HM Government; this first major overhaul of the exams since their...


Learning to embrace tutoring
When I was teaching I had two massive objections to the idea of students being tutored. First of all, there was nothing worse than trying...


Bullying, burgers and the blues
Three of the most common things local families ask me about (when considering UK schools for their children) are bullying, school food...

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[Oh!爸媽]【赴英升學考Ukiset】陶傑評考試設計:不是刁難學生 真正考獨立思維
【赴英升學考Ukiset】陶傑評考試設計:不是刁難學生 真正考獨立思維 香港小三BCA是否復考要三月才有定案──當中題型設計過份刁鑽,不是考學童基本能力;然而,全球教育體系下,真的有種公開試題型會令學生覺得有趣,不用操練而測試出不同程度的能力?
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[蘋果日報]【戀上英識】UKiset補習天王
著名教育家Ken Robinsons說過,完成了一件工作,並不代表履行了一件工作。一個老師在某個課室內正在教書,但如果那個課室內的學生,根本沒有一個學到任何東西,這位老師也只是「完成」了教育的工作,而並沒有「履行」到這項職責。這便是finish和fulfill的分別。...


Bottom of the league
Former british prime minister Benjamin Disraeli allegedly recoiled against "lies, damned lies, and statistics." He would certainly do so...

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[明報]【赴英升中】入學試UKiset全面睇 陶傑分享應考秘訣
UKiset(UK Independent Schools Entry Test),即英國私立學校入學考試,亦被稱之為中學版IELTS(雅思)。近年愈來愈多頂尖傳統英國寄宿學校視UKiset為收生評估的一部份,有些更會直接以Ukiset作收生標準。香港一直對赴英升學的需求很...

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[信報] 陶傑撐考UKiset
留學英國,為的是學好英文? 紹英多年的才子陶傑會答你:「遠遠不只於此。」年紀輕輕的學子遠赴異國,學的當然不單是一門外語如此片面單薄,還有當地的整個文化、歷史,以至人文風景、歷史。而一向推崇英國教育,同時深請其文化底蘊精深的陶傑,亦認為愈早讓孩子留英,便能愈早讓其受到蕉陶,領...

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[HK01] Ukiset成新興中小學版「IELTS」 助2千港生報讀英國名私立學校
本港讀書競爭激烈,不少家長選擇以「銀彈」供書教學,讓子女負笈海外升學,其中英國更是熱門之選。 據英國私立學校聯會去年數據顯示,目前有近5000名港生於當地私立中小學就讀,而近年入學申請的模式亦開始出現大革新,以往多需透過升學中介逐間學校「叩門」應考,近四年則新興簡稱為Uki...