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
Time to change OFSTED from quality control to quality assurance
OFSTED has never been fit for purpose because it is based on a premise of quality control which makes the inspection system one that is imposed, rather than a partnership … Continue reading
Inclusion means Inclusion
In the UK there have been a whole range of strategies employed to ensure that learners with perceived learning disabilities receive their education. Roughly speaking they have, over time comprised … Continue reading
Helping Students Develop Executive Function Skills | Edutopia
This is a well-informed article outlining how to develop higher order thinking skills, either to recover a deficit or to have students thinking on a higher plane. Simple classroom strategies can … Continue reading
Future Proof Your School: Steering Culture, Driving School Improvement and Developing Excellence
I’ve been working with Critical Publishing in putting together a series of books on education leadership and learning. The books focus on change management at the level of culture. and … Continue reading
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: A timely reminder for all those involved in learning
Biggest winners and losers from degrees | BBC News
Women studying maths at Oxford and men taking economics at Bristol get the biggest increase in earnings from going to university, says an analysis of salaries at the age of … Continue reading
Teacher Dissatisfaction / Student Disillusionment: Causes and Cures
In the UK, and I sense in the US and Australia, there is growing dissatisfaction among teachers regarding what governments and leaders are asking them to focus upon. Much of … Continue reading
100 Coping Strategies for Anger, Anxiety, and More
See the full list here: 100 Coping Strategies for Anger, Anxiety, and More | Pathways2Success.com
Classroom Rules… Some Reasons Not to Have Them by David Tow | Edutopia
I’ve always thought the way forward is the self-regulated classroom where the rules come not from discipline enforced on the students, but from self-discipline displayed by them. This also highlights … Continue reading
A History of 50 years of Educational Technology by Tony Parkin
I always enjoy Tony Parkin’s posts, which are informative and provocative. I particularly enjoyed this saunter down the educational technologies of the last fifty years, which corresponds to my experiences … Continue reading
Life Lessons | Seven life-changing tips from the new generation | BBC Radio 4
Young guests from the Life Lessons podcast offer their wisdom. Source: Life Lessons | Seven life-changing tips from the new generation | BBC Radio 4
Asking Meaningful Questions of Your Child…
As parents we have all asked the inevitable “How was Your Day?” questions to gain some insight into how our children have been in school. Perhaps it is the GIGO … Continue reading
Child Mental Health: A Crisis in the Making
I’m currently researching a book on preparing students for examinations. In discussions with my publisher, the review committee had suggested that I place more emphasis on student mental health and … Continue reading
Seven charts on the £73,000 cost of educating a child | BBC News
A The amount spent on schools is a source of frequent controversy. So, where does all the money for educating the country’s children go? School spending is watched closely – … Continue reading
The Best Lessons… Accidents, Design and Spontaneity!
Some of the worst lessons I have taught have been those which I prepared in greatest detail. Like the battle plans that did not survive the first engagement with the … Continue reading
Schools admit informally excluding pupils | BBC News
A dozen schools in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have admitted informally excluding pupils at some stage last year, the BBC has learned. BBC News asked more than 1,000 secondary … Continue reading
I’m researching a book on examination preparation … can you help?
I’m currently researching a book I’ve been commissioned to write regarding the preparation of students for examinations. I’m reluctant to use the term ‘revision’ as it is the dichotomy between … Continue reading
Behaviour Triggers for Children with Autism
Any educational professional who deals regularly with young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders will recognise these triggers to emotional reactions. Thank you to Daniel Sobel for sharing this… Source: www.doodle.ac
