People We Should Know: The Agoji Warriors
johndabell There are lots of people we should know about but don’t. Some are outstanding individuals and some are extraordinary groups of people buried in the midst of time, forgotten or…
2021
The Doorway Effect And Learning
If you want to remember something then don’t walk through a doorway as you are likely to hit a brick wall and forget. Walking through a doorway to a new…
Active Maths
When most people are asked to think of an ‘active’ subject in school then P.E. is likely to spring to mind as the frontrunner with maths taking a backseat in…
RATIONal Food
Food is readily available, supersizing is commonplace and people are bigger than ever. What would John Boyd Orr think of it all if he was still alive today? John who?…
Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Thinking in straight lines isn’t good for us because we only see forwards and backwards. Thinking is far more chaotic than that. We need to see round corners, go off-piste…
Would You Rather….?
If you want to kick-start a discussion then a fail-safe idea for class (and other contexts) is to play the hypothetical thinking game of ‘Would You Rather…?’ Hypothetical questions can…
Concept Cake
Can you have your cake and eat it? Not normally but in class you can and as often as you like. One of the cracking ideas you will find in…
Thinking Games: What Is The Opposite Of…?
Thinking games are vital to the lifeblood of any classroom regardless of subject and should be regularly incorporated into the daily schedule. Another choice game that works well in getting…
The Rule of 3
It has often been said that 3 is the magic number and when it comes to survival then it’s certainly worth keeping in mind. The Rule of 3 states that…
A Norm Of Collegiality
Judith Warren Little’s work on collegiality is something that should be widely read but it appears little quoted and little known. In her study of workplace conditions for school success,…