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Intern blog: Long time, no see

Blog, Interns, Teacher posts | October 25, 2017
Hello, Emilie here again. It has been a while since we last posted a blog, because it has been such a busy time for Pamoja! It was expected that halfway through August, when schools open again after the summer holidays, business would start picking up. And it did!...

World Teachers’ Day 2017

Blog, Teacher posts | October 5, 2017
Teachers are fundamental. They inspire the next generation, working hard to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to become creative innovators essential to global progress. Today is World Teachers’ Day, a worldwide celebration of educators, and we can...

Intern blog: Time flies when you’re having fun

Blog, Interns, Teacher posts | August 18, 2017
Hello again, Emilie here! This week is the 7th week at Pamoja for us interns and it has gone so quickly! However, at the same time, it feels like I have worked here for much longer! The list of things I have done and learned is already endless. It has been great...

Intern blog: Moving on up!

Blog, Interns, Teacher posts | August 10, 2017
Hey everyone, James here, back again for this week’s intern blog post. I’m going to be talking about one of the most stressful and inconvenient things which most of us have had to deal with (no, not when the supermarket self-checkout machine decides to stop working),...

Social Identity Theory and Discrimination

Psychology, Blog | August 7, 2017
Social identity theory was first proposed by Henri Tajfel (1971). He argued that the groups to which we belong are an important source of pride and self-esteem. We can feel good about ourselves by boosting the status of any group we belong to. Age-groups, sporting...