The Basic Laws Of Human Stupidity
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Psychology
The Gratitude Attitude
How strong is your gratitude muscle?
Is Your School Full Of Psychopaths?
Probably. Well, if not full, there will certainly be a few. The standard screening test for potential psychopaths is the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. In the test, a clinician interviews a…
Learning Needs To Be Tense
Can folding our arms help us persist with problems?
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
One of the first principles associated with learning and behaviour was developed by Edward Lee Thorndike and this has become known as Thorndike’s Law of Effect. Thorndike was a pioneer…
Teachers With Passion
With so much of the focus being on teacher wellbing and stress, isn’t it time we looked at wellbeing and passion? Teachers who are passionate about teaching and learning. They…
Making Teacher Lemonade
If there is one thing we know about teaching, perfection is unattainable. There’s not much point chasing it because it doesn’t exist. Pretty much in the same way that the…
Spirited Schools
When you walk into a school, any school, you get a feel for it very quickly. There’s an ambience, an atmosphere and a sense of ‘something’ about it. A school…
Seeing Red
Should teachers use red pens to mark children’s work?
Patient Teaching
What is the single most important quality a teacher should possess?