Browsing Category Education
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Education
The Child with the Green Tinted Brush
Have you ever seen a group of soldiers marching in time, a mass of bodies with not one footstep out of place as they clump obediently to the ...
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Colleagues
“It’s Only a Test….”
I was unexpectedly placed in the position of being forced to take a timed test quite recently. The surprise test was part of a professional development day – ...
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Education
Primary School Science – Building Foundations of Awe and Wonder or Science in a Box?
While teaching a Primary School Science lesson recently, I had the opportunity to observe the quality of Science we currently offer our school students, as well as to ...
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Education
The Education I didn’t get at Boarding School
When we send our children away to boarding school believing they will get a better education, what are we setting them up for? Can an education away from ...
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Education
What would our Education be like if we Truly Supported our Kids to Connect to their Body?
For the past three months I have been on a Connective Tissue Exercise Program with the highly qualified Esoteric practitioner and physiotherapist Kate Greenaway-Twist. These hour long online ...
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Education
Assessing and Marking – Another Way to Connect to Children
The other day I noticed the fun I experienced marking students’ work when I chose to remain open, relaxed and connected to what they were learning. I opened ...
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Education
A True Way to Learn
School is considered a very important, if not the only important focus in a child’s life in the Asian culture. I was never really interested in school – ...
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Education
Raising Boys – Are we Imposing on Them?
A class I recently taught was studying an English unit on Advertising, which looked at advertising of products for children. I enjoy teaching advertising units because I find ...
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Education
An Awesome Opportunity – Reflection
I was given an amazing opportunity to present to a school on the subject of ‘Reflection’. This school was trying to address some behavioural issues and decided that ...
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Education
My Teaching Philosophy – The Real Responsibility of a Teacher
On a recent Early Childhood placement, I felt the enormity of the real responsibility of a teacher. I have been a qualified teacher for 13 years and always ...