John Dabell

Teaching and Learning 

Ditch Writing Lesson Objectives

January 12, 2019December 13, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Edvard Munch, Invisible Sun, lesson objectives, policy, time management

Are lesson objectives a waste of time?

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In The News 

Newsround

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments BBC, degrees, Education and Health Care Plan, gender bias, Get Into Teaching, insomnia, intellectual, news, Onward, sleep, Special Needs, student loans

What’s been in the news just lately?

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Character Education Psychology 

The Gratitude Attitude

January 10, 2019December 10, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments accounatbility, Dr Kerry Howells, funding pressures, Giacomo Bono, gratitude, Jeffrey J. Froh, positive energy, Rita Pierson, Robert Emmons

How strong is your gratitude muscle?

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Creativity 

What Is The Opposite Of January?

January 9, 2019December 9, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments antonyms, autoantonyms, Janus words, opposites, synonyms

Although we encourage children to explore antonyms when we look at synonyms, there are some opposites that don’t seem to

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Creativity 

Would You Rather…

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 johndabell 1 Comment creativity, decision-making, speaking and listening, Would You Rather... by John Burningham., writing

One of my favourite books for children is Would You Rather… by John Burningham. This is a silly book with

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(dis)Ability Health 

Living With Face Blindness

January 7, 2019December 8, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Brad Pitt, brain, CBBC, face blindness, facial agnosia, My Life, neurology, Oliver Sacks, Prosopagnosia, super-recognisers, The Guardian

Imagine being able to see but being blind to faces. There is an unusual condition that some people are born

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Reading Writing 

Foggy Writing

January 6, 2019December 8, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments accessibility, difficult, easy, reading, Robert Gunning, writing

Clear writing and readability is everything. It will make or break your engagement and success with the text. Sometimes writing

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Art Autism savants 

Nadia’s Drawings

January 5, 2019December 2, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Elizabeth Newson, John, Lorna Selfe, Nadia Chomyn, Oliver Sacks

The world is full of extraordinary people. We are all extraordinary. Then there are those people who seem to be

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In The News 

Newsround

January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Andria Zafirakou, CBE, Damian Hinds, exams, first aid, GCSE, Georgeham Primary School, independent schools, MBE, mobile phones, New Year Honours List, news, parents, plastic, Public Health England, Ruth Miskin

What’s been in the news just lately?

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Management 

The Conflict Cocktail

January 3, 2019December 2, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments conflict management, conflict resolution, difference, diversity

The communication climate in an organisation is important because it will determine whether it is effective and successful or not.

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