Thought For The Day | You’re Not a Machine | Jun Han Chin on LinkedIn
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How to Flourish | Jun Han Chin on LinkedIn
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Coaching Supplanting Teaching… A Future Blueprint for Learning
So pleased to have been invited by the visionaries Steve Schecter and Fabienne Vailes (SFHEA, FRSA) to contribute to their EMPOWER THE STUDENT: A Blueprint for the Future of Education series … Continue reading
The Teacher As Coach
This summary table which was recently shared by Judy Thompson in an article on LinkedIn is significant insofar as it gives an insight into the inevitable consequence of the current … Continue reading
Why is the Finnish System so Successful?
I am certainly not alone in my veneration of Finnish teachers. I was going to say the Finnish Education System there, but that is not the full picture. It is … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: The Importance of Environment on the Flourishing Learner
I am indebted to Jonny Katz for sharing this on LinkedIn and to Alexander Den Heijer for the original quote. Conformity to an essentially industrial quality control model crushes the … Continue reading
Thought For The Day: A Force for Good
Margaret Mead gives some perennial advice here, shared by Fabienne Vailes. Fabienne Vailes has become an increasingly important correspondent in my life this year. She is unremittingly positive in her view … Continue reading
Critical Child Development Sequences and Milestones, via Charlotte Davies
I have long taken an interest in the posts of Charlotte Davies. Her specialism is in cognitive and development issues and the impact of underdevelopment on the potential of young … Continue reading
Planning a Better Future with Fabienne Vailes
Another week, another great conversation with an educator passionate about change in education and learning. Fabienne Vailes has experience of education in most of its phases and can see clearly … 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
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
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
Shifting Directions in Learning and Schools
When he was the Chief Education Officer of Birmingham Local Authority, Tim Brighouse often used to say that he would willingly give up control of pupils once they reached secondary … Continue reading
Developing Your Teams
Your staff are the most valuable asset in securing the best futures for your pupils. They need to be valued, consulted and developed by mentors. These things must happen not … Continue reading
The School Mission Statement…
The school mission statement…. a bold outline of the key drivers of the school culture… or is it? Much depends on who contributed and how it is written. If it … Continue reading
Bereavement Counselling in Schools
A thoughtful question from Daniel Sobel on LinkedIn: Do our schools need more training in how to support children and families in bereavement? The first reply was a plaintive cry, … Continue reading
Social Media and Emotional Intelligence
I’ve been saddened to find on the professional platform, LinkedIn, that there seems to be a concerted effort by a few exceptionalists to make derogatory remarks on any posts that … Continue reading
The Thinking School: Linking Culture, Quality, Systems and Teams for Better Learning
I’ve been realigning my portfolio for schools and have the following elements of support available for all. 1. Learning Renaissance Educational Professional Development Insights To gain an international perspective on … Continue reading
Learning Arches – a structured way to design online learning content quickly and consistently
This is a significant article for educators trying to quickly develop significant amounts of online learning to keep students supported with quality resources… click the link on the name to … Continue reading
Teachers and Existential Problem Solving
Teachers all over the world will be tackling and solving the problem of how education can continue during the Coronavirus pandemic… Source: Ken Buck on LinkedIn
New Learning Paradigms from Charles Sosnik
An interesting article from Charles Sosnik from California, who demonstrates the way forward for learning seems to be coalescing internationally in independent learning. Learning is becoming consumerized. There is actually … Continue reading
The Child’s Perspective on Learning – Always the Most Important One
Professor Amanda Kirby is one of the most persuasive and accessible writers on neurodiversity – the pulling together of all the strands of special educational needs (SEN) into a single … Continue reading
Learning Technologies and How to Develop and Deploy Them: Changing the Paradigm
I generally take a sceptical view of educational technology because the implementers tend to want to shoe-horn in new technologies without going to the trouble of the professional development required … Continue reading
Phil Rooke’s 15-minute Music Break: Music Building Learning!
I’ve been conversing with Phil Rooke on matters about the future of education for almost a decade and his passion and innovative insights never fail to impress me. At a … Continue reading
Stress Awareness Week: Some Considerations from Professor Amanda Kirby
Professor Kirby’s work in the field of neurodiversity had featured regularly in this blog. Her work challenges the idea that there are people who are able and those that are … Continue reading
The Learning Pyramid – Teach What You Learn
In this example of the cone of learning and retention, the flat figure has been transposed into a pyramid and the suggestion is that the volume of each layer graphically … Continue reading
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
I often make a distinction between working in a company and being a teacher. In this case I don’t see a distinction… the principles of teacher retention revolve around these … Continue reading
Personalised Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Thanks to Dr Tassos Anastasiades for this model of learning that he has developed to reflect the higher order learning skills that need to be developed to equip students for … Continue reading
Coaching, Culture and Excellence
Glynis Frater outlines the key considerations in an effective school-based coaching model: Coaching has the power to change perceptions of self, to create opportunities for innovation, to build a culture … Continue reading
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