In teaching maths, for instance, both those countries spend more time on basic arithmetic than on deeper mathematical ideas, emphasise mental arithmetic, rely on standard teaching manuals and favour whole-class (as opposed to group) teaching.
Shortly after this happened, I was working with a client group, teaching them Social Styles.
"He was part of the lifeboat service and used to take a blind group, teaching them to swim and canoe, " he added.
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This particular problem will only be exacerbated in small rural schools where classes are made up from more than one year group making sequential teaching difficult.
He teamed up with the One LA community group, and together they started teaching Foreclosure 101 to his flock.
We are co-teaching strategy to a group of Chinese executives today, and I had to sheepishly admit I had done just that earlier in the day!
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"As Roman Catholics worldwide prepare for the conclave, we are reminded that the current system remains an 'old boys club' and does not allow for women's voices to participate in the decision of the next leader of our church, " said Erin Saiz Hanna, head of the Women's Ordination Conference, a group that ordains women in defiance of church teaching.
And from the government's point of view is that we are actually trying to group this together so that we give a more effective way of teaching.
"A key way to do that will be to have more one-to-one and small group tuition for pupils who would benefit alongside excellent, everyday classroom teaching, " she said.
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She said the loss of teaching jobs would have a "major impact on small group tuition, problem-based learning and on the pastoral care of students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds who often need extra support".
Mr Gove also complained about teaching materials for primary school children published by the Historical Association, a group which has criticised his curriculum plans.
Imagine the surprise of a group of media men who ate and drank heartily at a small bar, while teaching the owner to sing "Forever Everton", when they were forcibily ejected - for trying to pay their bill.
She had the opportunity also to meet with a group of women, aged between 50 and 60 years old, benefiting from the Centre's literacy teaching.
The iCub robot was already doing pretty well for itself in the creepiness department, but a group of researchers from the University of Plymouth are now working to take things one big step further, by teaching the so-called "baby robot" to talk (as opposed to teaching it baby talk).
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