Pamoja Taught courses at Lincoln Community School
My name is Frank, I teach at Lincoln Community School and I work as assistant student support – we help students out with various subjects but my role is within the sciences and math. I am also in charge of the Pamoja online courses, working as the Site-based...Intern blog: Moving around
Hey, Josh here. It’s been over a month since Emilie’s last blog post and time is flying by – it’s nearly Christmas! Since my last blog post (4 months ago), I’ve been pretty busy moving around the new office. As Emilie explained in her last blog post, we had been...
What is depression?
Blog, Psychology | November 7, 2017
In your first year of IB Psychology at Pamoja Education, you will study Approaches to Research and Approaches to Understanding Behaviour before you complete the IA. SL students also study Abnormal Psychology. HL students study Abnormal Psychology and the Psychology of...
Intern blog: Long time, no see
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...
Student tips: 6 steps to success in a Pamoja online course
Blog, Professional Development | October 4, 2017
The 2017/18 academic year has begun, which means a whole new cohort of IB Diploma students have joined our global community. We asked Pamoja’s Spanish B teacher and Course Advisor Emilia Carrillo for her top tips for new students, to ensure a happy and successful...
Intern blog: Time flies when you’re having fun
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!
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
Blog, Psychology | 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...