Sensory Support in Your Classroom
I was initially sceptical, much to my shame, about the difference that sensory support could have in the classroom. The turning point for me was when a colleague suggested I … Continue reading
Potential Signs of a Sensory Processing Disorder in Learners
This goes under the heading of looking for patterns in behaviours…
Sensory Processing Disorder – A Primer
A useful infographic, shared by Daniel Sobel, on the significant subject of sensory processing disorder. It comes from a presentation by Dr Danielle Eadens at Northern Arizona University. What manifests itself … Continue reading
Behavioural Intentions and Functions
All behaviours are trying to reach a defined objective. Some behavioural strategies are effective and some less so – but they are all defined by their end. I’ve had this … Continue reading
Walter Smith and Barry Smith on Affective Learning
We tend to think at a number of levels. We can be rational and evaluative, but at key junctures of our live we act intuitively. For example, when in danger … Continue reading
Attention Please! Getting on Task
You may be surprised at what I am going to share with you today, but it has serious focus and purpose. It has been traditional to think of the teacher … Continue reading
How to Support Your Child’s Mental Health
A simple infographic outlining how you can support your child’s positive mental health. The message here is that there is no substitute for time and conversation… thank you Liam Powell … Continue reading
The Education System: Crusher of Childhood Genius!
What many of us have suspected about the standardised, managerial industrial model of education has been confirmed by a longitudinal NASA study on creativity in children. Effectively the demand for … Continue reading
No Shouting!
Shouting at children, as with the argument with corporal punishment, always makes my hackles rise. The only time I’ve shouted in my teaching career has been to get the attention … Continue reading
How Finnish Education Flourishes…
Just in, how to create the best and most successful education system on the planet! Not forgetting that it is all about culture… Finnish Education – the Secret Sauce by Pirjo Suonen … Continue reading
Why Personalisation is the Future
This is a really useful infographic showing how personalisation compares to other forms of pedagogical approach. Personalisation is not about pedagogy, with the teacher controlling the pace and agenda for … Continue reading
Creative Problem-Solving Techniques: Reversal
Developing creative approaches to problem-solving is clearly a key area for learning development. Here, a technique used in engineering is explained in a short presentation. Dr David Hall explains the … Continue reading
The Arts in Our Futures | TheConversation.com
Despite the utilitarian march of governments towards an emphasis on STEM subjects as being the antidote to current Labour Market shortages, the Arts are a critical element in the creativity … Continue reading
Everyone needs to be in Mrs Zuczek’s classroom…
Thanks to Daniel Sobel for this… We all need to be in Mrs Zuczek’s Classroom for two reasons: As teachers it is what we live and espouse – with no … Continue reading
Play and Anxiety
Peter Gray outlines an interesting correlation in the lives of children… The Decline of Play and Rise of Mental Disorders | Dr Peter Gray | TedX Dr. Peter Gray is … Continue reading
The Timeless Wisdom of Sitting in Rows | teacherhead
Thanks to Ian Yorston for bringing this article to my attention… Some of the strangest debates or memes about education that pop up now and then are about the idea … Continue reading
Why a content-based curriculum won’t support 21st century learners
Information is growing exponentially so the idea that to be considered educated is to have accessed an increasingly small, irrelevant and outdated set of information is perhaps the greatest error … Continue reading
Global Learning Goals
When you consider education at a global level, certain things become clear – this is a telescopic, rather than a microscopic view of learning internationally: Global Learning Goals. Their new report … Continue reading
Getting a Gog!
The simplest way to keep abreast of the key “gogs” in education…
Neo Liberalism: the idea that is blighting our futures
An interesting article from the Guardian which explores the impact of neoliberalism on our lives… The word has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of … Continue reading
