Potential Signs of a Sensory Processing Disorder in Learners
This goes under the heading of looking for patterns in behaviours… Advertisements
Stuck in the past: the UK needs to produce creative thinkers not exam-passing machines | TheConversation.com
The world is changing fast and education is not equipping children with the kind of minds they are going to need. At the moment, we exist in an education culture … Continue reading
Learning to say “No” | Ac-Ed
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Teachers, on the whole, are a pretty compliant bunch. Ask them to do anything and they will often find a way to add it to their…
Teachers And Those Magical OK Go Videos: A Match Made In Science? | NPR
If you’re a rock band, and thousands of teachers and students are using your hugely popular music videos in the classroom, why not help them out? Sure, OK Go is … 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
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
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
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
UK teacher wins global best teacher prize | BBC News
A teacher from north London has been announced as winner of a competition to find the world’s best teacher. Andria Zafirakou, who teaches art and textiles in a Brent secondary … 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
Learners let down by Learndirect, say MPs | BBC News
The government has been criticised for its role in giving millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to a UK training provider accused of failing to deliver. The House of Commons … Continue reading
Digital Education Policies in Europe and Beyond: Key Design Principles for More Effective Policies | European Commission
An interesting report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre for Science on effective digital learning strategies. This report offers policy-makers in digital education evidence on how, at the national … Continue reading
5 Risks Posed by the Increasing Misuse of Technology in Schools | EdSurge
An excellent overview of some fundamental issues regarding the use and abuse of educational technology in schools by Diane Ravitch… As a writer, I was an early convert to the … Continue reading
Bill Gates announces UK teacher in global top 10 | BBC News
A teacher from north London, named as a top-10 finalist in a global teaching award, has warned of the poor living conditions of her pupils. Andria Zafirakou says some pupils … Continue reading
Are the Kids Alright? | Renegade Inc
A very illuminating debate of the current state of learning and education. Although it is UK-focussed, it will resonate with educators around the world. Renegade is a new organisation to … Continue reading
Neuroscience in Education
This US report from The Tech Advocate outlines how neuroscience is beginning to impact on educational provision. Not before time in my opinion! The world of educational technology has a … Continue reading
Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | Learning {Re}imagined | Medium
A fascinating article from Graham Brown Martin on the impact of technology on learning… Learning to thrive in a transforming world. Read the full article here: Education and the Fourth … Continue reading
The global learning crisis – and what to do about it
Amel Kaboul is a former Tunisian government minister, now working with The Education Commission. In this TEDTalk she presents some ways to break down the dichotomy between education and learning … Continue reading
Student Mental Health in Schools
There is much more attention being paid to the issues surrounding the mental health of students in schools. Attention is of course great, and an improvement from when mental health … Continue reading
Teaching Beyond Knowledge
Matt Bogert gives a clear route map for future learning by exploring Teaching which extends beyond knowledge acquisition… Our instantaneous access to information is also instant access to changing information. … Continue reading
