Oliver Sacks
The case study of Clive Wearing (CW), one of the most famous in cognitive psychology, was undertaken by Oliver Sacks. Sacks was intrigued with how herpes viral encephalitis, which Wearing contacted in 1985, impacted CW’s memory. At the time, CW was a musician. The...
Promoting Multilingualism in the IB Diploma Programme
Blog, Educator Insights | February 25, 2019
The International Baccalaureate (IB) states its mission as being “more than its educational programs and certificates,” [1] going on to show that this is part of its desire to “create a better world through education”[2]. Significantly it locates the realisation of...
Effective study techniques in Psychology
Blog, Psychology |
Stephen Chew, a psychology professor from Samford University, presents a series of short lectures on study techniques. These videos are aimed at university students, but the IB Psychology course is a university-level class, and the suggestions made are hugely relevant...
How online learning can set students up for success at university and beyond
Earlier this month, the world-leading Harvard Business School announced a small but significant change in the way it talks about itself. The Dean of the School, Dr Nitin Nohria – who in 2010 proclaimed that it would not enter the online education world within his...
Meet our teachers: Rajesh Jha
Blog, Teacher posts | February 15, 2019
This year we’re interviewing 10 of our teachers from around the world to celebrate 10 years of Pamoja! We’d like to introduce you to Rajesh Jha who teaches online IB Diploma students ITGS (Information technology in a global society) and loves to share his...
Malala Yousafzai
Blog, Psychology | February 8, 2019
At the start of IB Psychology Course you read about Malala Yousafzai who in 2012 survived a terrorist attack. As you recall, she was not intimidated and has since worked tirelessly to support international efforts to educate girls. In December 2014, Malala accepted...
Responding to the “explain” command term
Blog, Psychology | February 7, 2019
The “explain” command term in an Short Answer Question requires that you give a detailed account of a psychological concept, theory or model. For example, you might be asked to explain localisation of function from the Biological Approach, a model of memory or...
Intern blog: Five key elements of health and wellbeing
I am not an expert when it comes to advice on how to have a healthy lifestyle, but paying attention to a couple of things along the way has helped to make my life better and spread awareness to people who are keen on developing themselves in this area. Nowadays, we...
Tips on excelling in your online class
Blog, Student posts | February 4, 2019
Are you new to Pamoja? Never taken an online course before? Has the stress of the IB got to you? You’re reading the right article! Pamoja’s virtual campus presents IB students from around the world with a unique, user friendly and revolutionary platform to take...