The Thinking School: Linking Culture, Quality, Systems and Teams for Better Learning
I’ve been realigning my portfolio for schools and have the following elements of support available for all. 1. Learning Renaissance Educational Professional Development Insights To gain an international perspective on … Continue reading
Welcome to the Learning Renaissance: Exploring Effective Learning in the 21st century
Welcome to the Learning Renaissance Blog! My name is David Hughes and I am an educator and writer from the United Kingdom. I always said I wouldn’t write a blog … Continue reading
How to Choose Words That Motivate Students During Online Learning | Edutopia
Framing assignments in student-centric rather than teacher-centric ways can encourage engagement and persistence in learning. Consider the barriers that may impact student learning at home: lack of internet, devices, and support. … Continue reading
University students: Tips and tricks to help you cope in a pandemic | BBC News
From embracing awkward Zoom chats to persevering with annoying flatmates, experts give some advice on the BBC website: University students: Tips and tricks to help you cope in a pandemic … Continue reading
Future Proof Your School review
It is always gratifying when someone comments positively on your book. This is especially true when they so precisely define its use and function. Just as I intended… ‘I am … Continue reading
Student Life: Challenge and Experience
It is many moons ago that this picture was taken at the start of my first term at University. Happy days as I embarked on a new path that took … Continue reading
Back to School 2020: How Bitesize are supporting children, parents and teachers | BBC Bitesize
Here’s what BBC Bitesize doing to support teachers, parents and students in the new school year. The school experience may be very different this time, with staggered school days, year … Continue reading
Helping Teachers Feel More Confident About Distance Learning | Edutopia
Teachers will be more successful at remote instruction if they believe they can do it, and school leaders can boost their sense of efficacy. Source: Helping Teachers Feel More Confident About … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Kindness… The Greatest Lesson
To be kind is to understand. To be kind is to appreciate the point of view and circumstances of others. To be kind is to understand goodness and fair play. … Continue reading
Behaviour Management: Looking Below the Surface and Acting the Adult
If classroom management is seen in essentially adversarial terms, then learning will be the first casualty. The desire of the teacher to impose their will on a class of thirty … Continue reading
The Thinking Cube: Planning and Evaluating Learning
Thank you to Daniel Sobel for sharing this systematic approach to thinking and learning… This makes for far more logical planning and evaluation of learning modules and goes beyond bland … Continue reading
2 words that can help check your assumptions about people | TED.com
Asking “so what?” can bring out your hidden beliefs and ideas, says career strategist Gail Tolstoi-Miller. Source: 2 words that can help check your assumptions about people | TED.com
Education: Still trying to catch up with Lego!
This sounds like the template for a modern education.
Learning with the RSC | Royal Shakespeare Company
Online education resources from the RSC, that can be accessed at home or in the classroom. Whether you’re a parent looking for inspiration or a student wanting to get creative, … Continue reading
7 Classroom Management Mistakes and the Research on How to Fix Them | Edutopia
Misbehavior may also be a healthy part of a child’s social and emotional development. When children reach adolescence, their allegiances shift from adults to peers, and their abstract thinking skills … Continue reading
You Are Not a Mathematician… You Are a Teacher of Maths!
I don’t know who Tavia Clark the librarian is, but she certainly shared a message that resonated with me. A number of times I’ve heard teachers introduce themselves as a … Continue reading
Autumn 2020 Resources for Primary and Secondary students | BBC Bitesize
BBC Bitesize have posted resources specially designed to help students catch-up and keep up this term. Access all the assets here: Autumn 2020 Resources for Primary and Secondary students | … Continue reading
Best wishes and a free gift for schools in the new academic year: an international CPD library!
Let me begin by wishing you and your school every success in this new academic year, which appears to have all the makings of the most challenging of your career … Continue reading
Lessons From a Summer of Teaching in a Hybrid Classroom | Edutopia
When some students are in class and others are attending live online, teachers have unique challenges and opportunities. As schools have entered a new normal during the Covid-19 pandemic, the … Continue reading
Social Media and Emotional Intelligence
I’ve been saddened to find on the professional platform, LinkedIn, that there seems to be a concerted effort by a few exceptionalists to make derogatory remarks on any posts that … Continue reading
Appreciating Autism and the Spectrum
I’ve always had difficulty explaining many ideas in terms of a line which ends as a pair of poles. Life, history and autism is usually more complicated than that. I’ve … Continue reading
