The Soul-Purpose: 7 Leadership Qualities
johndabell Are you a leader with soul? According to Deepak Chopra in his book, The Soul of Leadership, leaders that lead from the soul share particular traits. He has conveniently organised…
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The League Of Panglossians
If you want to get on in education then you’ve got to be a Panglossian pedagogue. This means to be extremely optimistic regardless of the circumstances (especially in the face…
The Four Cs of Leadership
We have enough recipes for leadership to fill a cookbook. These are normally written as a concise list of qualities that you throw into your pedagogical pot, mix together and…
Teaching Is A Performing Art
Teaching, proper teaching, is theatrical. It is a performance that has to pulsate with engagement right from the get-go otherwise it is two-dimensional. Unfortunately, many pupils are on the receiving…
School Energy Vampires
There are lots of ‘Energy Vampires‘ in a school environment that suck the life out of you and meetings are definitely in the top three. Shanahan’s Law says: The length…
Cross-Curricular Multipotentialites
Do you have a superpower? Perhaps you have more than one? You could well be a multipotentialite. Writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes “multipotentialites” as people who have a range…
Nanolearning
Apparently nanolearning is ‘taking over‘ the way students learn. But what is nanolearning? This is fast-paced learning. It’s speedy. To appeal to users, it’s ‘kwik’ learning. This is learning that…
Educational Boondoggles
We are easily duped in education. As Ivie (1979) comments, “Educators have a taste for the exotic in curricula, the innovative and the unconventional.” Some of what comes our way…
The Sit Spot
There is something we can all do that is really very simple and very powerful.
Genius Hour: A Stroke Of Genius
Sir Ken Robinson told us that in The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything and there would be very few who would disagree. But be honest, do we really…