PROFESSIONAL
WE NEED TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOVE LEARNING
More and more students are going to university. This year, over half a million people were accepted onto a degree course, the highest number ever. Increasingly, it seems that university is simply a rite of passage – a necessary extension of school – in order to achieve a career. -Read More
Times Education
25 TRAITS THAT MAKE THE PERFECT TEACHER
Times Education
Funny: that’s what students want you, their teacher, to be. And they don’t just want you to have a joke in your teaching toolbox to provide some light relief from the drudgery of endless exams. Asked by Tes to list the characteristics that every teacher should possess, more than 3,000 students said the ability to amuse was not just an important attribute, but something that determined whether a teacher was truly great. - Read More
THE STUDENTS WHO DEVELOPED A TOOL FOR THOSE WITH ASPERGERS
James Callan and his classmates had an idea. Many in the class at their complex needs school have Asperger Syndrome and were frustrated that they found it difficult to understand and communicate their emotions and those of others. - Read More
Times Education
DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE OF PERFECTION
One of the biggest challenges in tackling teacher stress is that the majority of the causes of that stress are not going to disappear any time soon, according to Marc Jones, professor of stress and emotion at Staffordshire University. - Read More
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MEET THE KINDERGARTEN THAT TOOK ITS CHILDREN DEER-HUNTING
A pre-school child sits with the leg of a deer in her hand, the dead deer lying behind her. Smiling, she predicts that the deer will be delicious, and explains to the camera why hunting is needed. - Read More
Times Education
STUDENTS' INTEREST IN STEM IS CRUCIAL TO FUTURE OLYMPIC SUCCESS
You would think that being the most successful sailor in Olympic history would be enough of a draw to find engineers to work for you. But Sir Ben Ainslie has said that he has difficulty finding world-class engineers – and that this is down to the UK not doing enough for science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) education. - Read More
Times Education
"PICTURE BOOKS AREN'T JUST FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL"
Times Education
Chris Haughton can comfortably be considered a star in the world of picture books. The illustrator and author's awards and nominations include the Association of Illustrators prize, the Booktrust’s best new illustration and the Irish book award. We caught up with him to discuss the role of picture books in schools. - Read More
WHAT A CATHOLIC EDUCATION REALLY TAUGHT ME
I disagreed with a lot of the teachings at my school, but a Catholic school is so much more than just a collection of “Bible-bashing” (in the words my friends used) teachers; in fact, it wasn’t even that. - Read More
Times Education
DIAGNOSIS OR DEGRADATION?
Amnesty International
Imagine an illness which affects one in four people, yet still 91% of sufferers experience discrimination1 This illness is not cancer; this is not AIDS; this is mental illness. incessantly, people suffering from these disorders are dehumanised and neglected by their peers. The fundamental question is this: why are mental illnesses not viewed in the same way that physical illnesses are? - Read More
PERSONAL
THE BEAUTY OF FEELING UNCERTAIN
Thought Catalog
You know that feeling when you walk upstairs to your bedroom in the dark, and you think there is one more step than there is? There is an extended second when your foot falls down through the empty air, which you expected to feel solid —a sickly moment of joyless bewilderment. - Read More
AN ODE TO MOVING OUT (AND MOVING ON)
This room is special to me, though it’s unassuming—four whitewashed walls, the type of beige speckled carpet that only companies on a budget would ever commit the faux pas of buying. The heavy curtains with their broad, graceless brush-strokes of anemic mauve and some sort of reddish cream. - Read More
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