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
Wellbeing in Australia
In what appears to be an increasingly dystopian world, personal integrity and resilience become more important in the development of children. Rather than hoping life experience will give young people … Continue reading
Theory of Knowledge Newsletter – Highly Recommended!
Although the movement of state controlled education systems tends towards an overwhelming preoccupation with content over process in learning, there are some brighter and more enlightened beacons in this mire … Continue reading
Grace Kelly Ladybird Trust
Not my usual educational post today, although this is an appeal for greater education into a particular field of research. Grace Kelly, was a four year old who lost her … Continue reading
TED Talks: Every Kid Needs a Champion | Rita Pierson
An inspirational TEDTalk by Rita Pierson on inspiring learners… Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her … Continue reading
The Importance of Relationships in Learning
The quality of the relationships you have with students, and not your subject knowledge will determine the impact you can have on student learning argues Rebecca Alger. Read more: Relationships … Continue reading
The 21st Century Classroom – Some Starters
One of the most depressing aspects of working in the UK government’s Building Schools of the Future programme was the paucity of vision presented by many Headteachers in the initial … Continue reading
The Nuances of Leadership
Leadership is often talked about in too abstract, or too concrete terms. This infographic is useful in exploring leadership in levels and looking at the nuanced relationship with the led… … Continue reading
Warning over ‘looming secondary school place squeeze’ | BBC News
A potential shortage of school places looms ahead in secondary schools in England, councils are warning. The Local Government Association says schools will be thousands of places short over the … Continue reading
Technology in Education – Digital Literacy and Cultural Illiteracy
Joe Nutt makes the parallel with the Emperor’s new clothes in his assessment of the impact on learning of technology in schools. As one who has been involved in the … Continue reading
Happy New Academic Year in the UK!
I hope this proves a happy and fruitful first day for all my teacher friends and their children! Difficult times for UK education at present but new and energetic learners … Continue reading
Graham Brown-Martin on what is driving the Department for Education
A timely article on the state of the UK Department for Education, its policies and practices, from Graham Brown-Martin of The Revolution… The government position on education since Michael Gove, … Continue reading
Planning Cooperative Lessons Using Strategies
A really useful infographic from Edtech exploring how to construct co-operative learning lessons… Source: 10 Top Cooperative Learning Strategies (and some tech tools that could come in handy) | Edtech4beginners.com
Getting Students Writing
An excellent report from John MacCarthy on igniting the passions of students through creative writing assignments… A teacher taught a lesson on telling a Six-Word Story. There are websites that … Continue reading
Graham Brown-Martin on the Uberfication of Teaching
There was a time when education was regarded as a public good – you could never have too much of it and there was a moral, economic and political justification … Continue reading
Maths teachers hit out at ‘extraordinary’ funding decision | BBC News
Teachers have hit out at an “extraordinary decision” to cease funding a key A-level maths project. Underground Mathematics had won the backing of a government commissioned review into post-16 maths in England. It … Continue reading
Managing Transition – A Useful Resource
Technology at its best in the support of learners. Thank you for sharing, PSW Education and Leadership.
Social and Emotional Learning for Adults
Elena Aguilar, Transformational Leadership Coach from Oakland, California, suggests lessons which can be taken up by an entire staff or by an individual and are intended to build emotional awareness, self-management, social … Continue reading
Don’t you just hate “Target Grades”
Originally posted on ace-d:
Well perhaps not “hate” but they do concern me for a number of reasons. It won’t be long before the UK starts school again but I…
