How our people make it work: James Schollar explains how we review and test courses

Blog, Teacher posts | April 11, 2019

As part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations, we are hearing from some of the Pamoja people who bring you our courses and aim to make learning with us rewarding and successful.    In previous blogs James Schollar, our Product Owner and Producer from the Technical...

TED Talks psychology playlist

Blog, Psychology | April 8, 2019

TED describes itself as a non-profit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design.) Psychology has been a major focus of interest and currently there are 241 talks and 161 blog posts on...

How our people make it work: James Schollar explains how we work to best practice quality standards

Blog, Teacher posts | April 5, 2019

As part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations, we are taking you behind the scenes and into our offices to meet some of the people who bring you our courses and aim to make learning with us successful.   In a previous blog James Schollar, our Product Owner and...

Meet our teachers: Arno Dirks

Blog, Teacher posts | April 2, 2019

This year we’re interviewing 10 of our teachers from around the world to celebrate 10 years of Pamoja! Meet Mathematics HL teacher, Arno Dirks, and find out why he became a teacher and what he thinks about the nature of learning. Please tell us about yourself My...

The teenage brain

Blog, Psychology, Teacher posts | March 29, 2019

The brain is far from ‘static’ as research has shown that complex neural networks can be modified and changed in a process known as neuroplasticity.  This process is of particular significance in young children during their early brain development. The very rapid...

Meet the team: how our people make it work

Blog, Teacher posts | March 28, 2019

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary with new IB courses and launch as a Cambridge International School, we take you behind the scenes into Pamoja’s offices. We will be hearing from some of the people who bring you our courses and aim to provide a rewarding learning...

Pamoja online courses now available to Cambridge International Schools

Blog, Online Courses | March 27, 2019

We’re pleased to announce Pamoja has been approved by Cambridge Assessment International Education to teach its world-leading IGCSE and International AS and A Level programmes online from September 2019. We can now offer our online courses to the thousands of...

Time management in the IB and Pamoja online courses

Blog, Student posts |

The transition from MYP to IB is a big one. The workload increases drastically, with courses having a lot of independent work. The change is even more dramatic, when some of the courses are done online. For this reason, many people may find time management difficult...

International Women’s Day 2019: Celebrating women’s achievement

Blog, Online Courses, Student posts, Testimonials | March 8, 2019

This year we are marking International Women’s Day by catching up with María, a Mechanical Engineer who is passionate about encouraging women to study STEM subjects and join the engineering workforce. What was your route into your chosen career? I studied the IB at an...

Intern blog: Three things to take away from your internship

Announcements | March 5, 2019

When applying for an internship, you may not have any idea of what direction you want to go, or what it’s like to work in the industry you are studying. In any career, finding out what sparks your interest and motivates you to want to work hard is a big part of the...