True Connection with Kids, Colleagues, Parents and All
Has the word and activity of ‘connection’ been maximised or undermined in the current model of education?
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The Indoctrination of Academic Conventions - Part 2
How much does higher education indoctrinate us into a way of life based on insecurity and fear of never being good enough?
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The Indoctrination of Academic Conventions - Part 1
To what extent do academic conventions support a person to excel, or do they in fact have far greater impacts than we wish to imagine?
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Transparency, Intimacy and the Model of Education - Part 2
Why do we only ever hear the corrupted versions of transparency and intimacy referred to in the current model of education?
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Transparency, Intimacy and the Model of Education - Part 1
Why do we only ever hear the corrupted versions of transparency and intimacy referred to in the current model of education?
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The Current Model of Intelligence: is it working?
Our concepts of what intelligence is, and about who is intelligent, have changed over time, especially in the time of modern education....
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Intelligence and Evolution: Do We Need To re-Divine Ourselves?
How have we constructed the relationship between intelligence and evolution to be and under what constructs are we labouring if our...
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Teacher - The Power in This Word.
What is it about the word teacher that has so many wanting to undermine its true meaning? Taking an historical perspective, there have...
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Many Shades of Grey or True Connection? Collegiality, Teamwork and Family in Schools
Most schools encourage their staff to work in a collegial manner and this is actually a policy requirement in many parts of the world....
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I'm Tired... Deprived of the Grace of Sleep
Teachers are truly amazing. We clock and constantly read so many aspects of the children in our care. Not just what is known as ‘body...
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Allowing the Unfolding of the Essence
Peer through the doors of any early childhood classroom and what do we truthfully observe when we watch the classroom day unfold. At a...
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Keeping an Eye on Education
Tracking the trends in education over the last 5 years there has been a noted push-down approach to the impact of curriculum demands in...
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Sleep – Bringing Back The Magic
Most of us would have at some stage watched in awe a sleeping infant, marvelling in appreciation and wonder at the depth of their...
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Space to Breathe...
Several recent staffroom conversations have posed the question of Whatever happened to Term 3? In the momentum of the four-term year,...
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The Ceaseless Control of The Body by The Mind
The whole premise of education, and the way we presently hold the foundations of our education system so strongly, is based on the...
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Sore Teeth and Rough Books - Are We Ignoring Our Children's Innate Sensitivity?
“My teeth are really hurting me, Miss,” cried a young student in my primary school classroom recently. He was deeply distressed and the...
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Whole Body Intelligence – Our True Intelligence
We all move through life in a vehicle that carries an exquisite level of internal, interdependent harmony, where its many and varied...
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The Configurations of Failure in Education
Have we been reducing the true value of our physical body in order to sustain the restricting and separative ideals of functional...
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
The Sea of Education and our Voyage of Awareness A dear colleague once shared how education can sometimes feel like you’re out at sea on...
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The Power of Relationships in Schools
“Good morning, Jamie! How are you doing today?” Our morning greeting to our students has a more profound effect than just being nice and...
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