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James Bond fans will remember this classic exchange from The Living Daylights starring Timothy Dalton, Saunders: "Where are you taking him? How will you get him out?" Bond: "Sorry, old…
Every Day Is A School Day
James Bond fans will remember this classic exchange from The Living Daylights starring Timothy Dalton, Saunders: "Where are you taking him? How will you get him out?" Bond: "Sorry, old…
Do we teach our children the ability to grow and adapt? The concept of growing and adapting or Ikiru Chikara is emphasised in the Curriculum Guidelines for Elementary Schools set…
Teachers need to be able to tell a good story. Explanations can be as dry as a bone without some sort of narrative so as teachers we need to be…
Do you celebrate failure? That might sound like an odd thing to do but embracing failure can be empowering. Sharing examples of where people have tried and failed is a…
Transactional Analysis (TA) is part of social psychology and was developed by the Canadian psychiatrist Eric Berne in 1958. Transactional analysts see people as basically “OK” and thus capable of change, growth,…
Every teacher needs to learn to develop judgement about the quality of work pupils produce. Over time, we develop an eye for quality work and it what comparative judgement is…
Despite the recruitment and retention crisis we keep hearing about, it is far from easy to walk into a teaching job in some parts of the country. The teaching is…
Teachers can spend a lot of time coaxing and cajoling in order to get some students working. They need gentle persuasion. Then there are those that need almost force-feeding to…
When I was training to be a CPD provider I was mentored by two brilliant people - Stuart Naylor and Brenda Keogh. They were a formidable team and I learned…
Counselling is a huge part of being a teacher but no one teaches us how to be counsellors. Teaching training institutions certainly fall flat on their faces here. Teachers spend…