Critical Mass: Forces for Change in Education Worldwide
I have been much heartened over the previous months by conversations I have had with educators worldwide who are rejecting the premise of current educational models. Increasingly they are putting … Continue reading
The Emotional Needs of Learners
If school is to be an effective place of learning it must cater for many dimensions of need in its pupils. The need for emotional and physical security is paramount. … Continue reading
Insights into the Parent Relationship with School and Learning from Liz Keable
I found a conversation started recently by Liz Keable on LinkedIn very insightful regarding the relationship of the parent and the school in supporting learning of the individual child. Improving … Continue reading
This is Why I Drink Tea…
Thanks for sharing this Daniel Sobel… made me laugh!
The International Teacher Recruitment and Retainment Crisis
There has always been a ‘churn’ rate in teachers in school… a rate at which teachers entered and left the profession, many after the first few years of teaching. When … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Michael Rosen Rejects Data-led Learning
You know your curriculum is in trouble when even poets are taking up pens against it… Here poet and author Michael Rosen deplores the direction of the reductionist school curriculum. … Continue reading
A Curriculum for the Future…
What at first sight may appear to be a rather Utopian mission statement for a forward-looking school is in fact nothing of the kind. This is the pre-amble to the … Continue reading
I Did. You Can: The Phil Crompton Interviews
I was both flattered and inspired to be asked by my old friend, Phil Crompton to take part in his series of interviews with people he considered to be ‘movers … Continue reading
Empathy in Schools – A Basis for Constructive Change #EmpathyDay
I am indebted to Dr Debarshi Roy FRSA, author of Skinned Knees and ABCs, for this insightful model of how empathy can be embodied in the school curriculum as a … Continue reading
Building the Curriculum of the Future: Can you help? An Appeal to Education Leaders Worldwide
Noting the general malaise in education reported in the Western world I’m keen to explore solutions. In the past, the standard response to widespread teacher dissatisfaction has been a pay … Continue reading
Recovering from Learning Loss: Opportunity in a Crisis
The Coronavirus has given schools some daunting challenges, not least of which is the learning time lost due to illness and closed schools during the pandemic. There is an urgent … Continue reading
A Small Victory for the Creative Arts in Wales
At a time when the creative subjects are under threat by the march of the ‘basics’ brigade, it was very encouraging to see Huw Jones picking up this under-reported piece … Continue reading
Interoceptive Input and Sensory Processing Disorder
This issue is beyond my expertise and experience, but I include it to show how our growing understanding of the science and neuroscience of life and learning has the ability … Continue reading
Trauma and Learning – Where Two Worlds Collide
Thanks to Daniel Sobel for sharing Ruth Culver‘s infographic from the Calm Heart website on the physiological effects of trauma. It is good to see the extremely nuanced world of … Continue reading
Transformational Change: From Random School Initiative to Capacity Building and Whole-School Cultural Development
An initiative is needed in your school. It might be needed to plug a deficiency identified internally, or, more alarmingly, in response to a critical report. Most usually the … Continue reading
Finnish Education – A Practical Example
My good antipodean friend, musician extraordinaire, Phil Rooke brought this post by Kateryna Matiushchenko to my attention and I am glad he did. It shows Finnish education in action dealing … Continue reading
Some Vital Neuroscientific Information For the Classroom
Here’s a thought… in planning learning, what if the structure of the lesson was based not on Into, Body, Plenary or some such structure, and instead aimed to achieve that … Continue reading
I Did. You Can. A Podcast with Phil Crompton
I had always expected to have a linear career as an educational professional aspiring to lead my own school, which I did. However, forces beyond my control then took over … Continue reading
Some Key Developmental Factors in Adolescent Learners… Ignore Them At Your Peril!
Teenagers can be annoying, can’t they just! Daydreaming, emotionally charged, refusing to sit still and just listen… the list is endless, as any teacher will tell you. However, if you … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: Sir Ken Robinson on Creative Leadership
Is is not data richness but relationship richness that defines an effective school. We forget this at our peril. It takes vision to give the data detritus the time it … Continue reading
Authentic Connection, the Secret to Effective Learning
Thank you to Visible Child for this timely and succinct reminder of what our role as educators involves for all those in our care… the role of the educational leader … Continue reading
The Leader You Most Admired and Should Aspire to Emulate
I imagine we will all recognise the qualities of great leaders in this infographic. I find many of these qualities apply not to the brash and narcissistic examples of leadership … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: How to Tackle the Mental Health Crisis
Thank you to Paul McGregor for sharing this.
Thought For The Day: If we want a kinder society follow Dr Gordon Neufeld’s advice
Neurodiversity and Stimming
I must admit that the term that the term ‘stimming’ was a new one to me, although once it was laid out in this graphic I recognised the typical behaviours … Continue reading
The Shape of Things to Come…
If anything summed up the attitude to education/learning development of the Learning Renaissance team, it is this infographic. However, it should be qualified. There are, in fact, no times of … Continue reading
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