Dr David Smawfield

Dr David Smawfield is a, UK based, senior international development consultant. Countries in which he has worked include: Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, China, Dominica, India, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nigeria, Romania, Seychelles, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

While much of his current professional activity centres around programme and project design and evaluation for major donors, he retains a strong interest in teacher education and materials development, and with particular reference to active learning approaches and low-cost teaching aids.

Following on from Dr Smawfield's previous blog about the advantages of classroom displays, here are... How to Improve your Classroom Display

How to Improve your Classroom Display

Although using a pizza box as a storyboard seems like a strange idea, it is actually quite ingenious... How to Make a Pizza Box Storyboard

How to Make a Pizza Box Storyboard

This is part of a series of posts taken from Dr David Smawfield’s catalogue of resources created t... How to manage noise during group work

How to manage noise during group work

This is part of a series of posts taken from Dr David Smawfield’s catalogue of resources created t... Making a Word Machine

Making a Word Machine

The advantages of using displays in the classroom | Wall displays are an important part of any class... The Advantages of Classroom Displays

The Advantages of Classroom Displays

This is part of a series of posts taken from Dr David Smawfield’s catalogue of resources created t... The use of group work in primary schools

The use of group work in primary schools

This is part of a series of posts taken from Dr David Smawfield’s catalogue of resources created t... Understanding levels of stress in the classroom

Understanding levels of stress in the classroom

This is part of a series of posts taken from Dr David Smawfield’s catalogue of resources created t... What to take into account when organising students into groups

What to take into account when organising students into groups