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
5 Ways School Leaders Can Work to Prevent Teacher Burnout | Edutopia
Retaining teachers can be a challenge, especially now, but focusing on making the workload more manageable helps. Effective leaders understand that added pressure with no added purpose will simply lead … Continue reading
Music Learning: the Work of Phil Rooke
Phil Rooke has been a friend for a number of years now. He brings passion, ingenuity and collaboration to all his work with young people. He has recently begun pulling … Continue reading
Lost your get up and go? Here’s how to get it back | The Guardian
After a lifetime of loving exercise, Martin Love lost his motivation. But where had it gone? And could he get it back? Plus, five experts on how to maintain your … Continue reading
Lesson Exit Prompts | Literacy in Focus
A simple series of prompts to help you design effective plenary sessions for your lessons from Literacy in Focus. Please share any particularly successful prompts you use to end and … Continue reading
How School Leaders Can Support Teachers and Students This Year | Edutopia
Rather than push more content and new initiatives, this year teachers and administrators should consider scaling back. One of the things we know about brains that have been pushed too … Continue reading
The Value of Dogs, and Animals Generally, in Promoting Mental Health
I smiled when I saw this image appear on site. Five and a half years ago we made what was the boldest and best investment ever… in our golden Labrador, … Continue reading
Failures in the System: Suspension and Exclusion
I’ve always felt that exclusion and suspension do not represent legitimate disciplinary procedures. In fact that one sentence epitomises the whole issue… If we do not see behavioural development as … Continue reading
Get Set with Radio 1 | Canvas
Adrienne Herbert, wellness professional and host of Get Set with Radio 1, shares five of her top tips for maintaining mental fitness and resilience as you take on new challenges … Continue reading
A Very Merry Christmas from the Learning Renaissance
We would like to wish all our followers a happy and peaceful Christmas holiday. After (another) challenging year, we have everything crossed that 2022 brings better fortunes. David and Sue … Continue reading
Festive Creativity
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The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021 | Edutopia
From reframing our notion of “good” schools to mining the magic of expert teachers, here’s a curated list of must-read research from 2021. Find the list compiled by Youki Terada, … Continue reading
You’re Dead To Me | 8 amazing facts about the history of Christmas | BBC Radio 4
Find out how some of our most-loved festive customs began: You’re Dead To Me | 8 amazing facts about the history of Christmas | BBC Radio 4
As Christmas Draws Near…
The simplest things are often the most effective, and tired and frazzled teachers sometimes lose sight of this. Have a successful end to your term and a restful and happy … Continue reading
How to Learn From Your Mistakes | MindTools.com
Learning from your mistakes is one thing. Putting what you’ve learned into practice is another. Follow these five steps to avoid repeating those mistakes. Find out more here: How to … Continue reading
How To Bounce Back From a Big Mistake | Adobe 99U
Everybody makes mistakes. But the true measure of a man – or woman – is how they recover. Here are six tips on bouncing back gracefully: How To Bounce Back … Continue reading
How to Increase Your Mistake Tolerance | Psychology Today
Don’t avoid mistakes; learn from them. Childhood social anxiety is correlated with making mistakes. Those with low self-esteem suffer the most. Instead of looking at the error as an opportunity … Continue reading
The Value of Errors in Learning
Thanks to Daniel Sobel for supplying this little aide memoire to dealing with mistakes in the classroom setting, whether they be made by the pupil or the teacher. Nothing inhibits … Continue reading
Resources for Social Emotional Learning and Executive Functioning | Pathway2Success
Friend of the Learning Renaissance Daniel Sobel recently brought this valuable website to my attention. It is full of insights and resources to support social and emotional learning in schools … Continue reading
How to Support Executive Function Skills by Asking Questions | Edutopia
Teachers can boost middle school students’ self-management skills by using questions to get their mental gears turning. Virtual school pushed students to learn self-management tools, like getting to class without … Continue reading
8 Ways to Bolster Executive Function in Teens and Tweens | Edutopia
Middle and high school students suddenly face more complex schedules, tougher academic work, and an expanding network of friends. How can we help them manage it all? The problem of … Continue reading
Quit Lying to Yourself | The Atlantic
Real happiness starts with telling yourself the truth, even when it hurts. These self-lies delay the changes we need to make, and abet our lies to others. In fact, self-deception … Continue reading
Education Toolkit | TRAID
TRAID has launched Behind the Seams – a new free resource to support educators to promote education for sustainability. The toolkit uses participatory teaching methods to explore the socio-environmental impacts … Continue reading
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