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Responsive Teaching and A.I.
Is it possible for us to engage in truly responsive teaching with the emerging technology of Artificial Intelligence?
7 min read


Effort or Simplicity- Is Effort really the only Normal?
Must we continue to subscribe to the normalisation of effort in learning or is there another way?
4 min read


Q: Turning 55 ~ Whatever happened to Bob?! A: He reached his preservation age!
Elder teachers enrich our profession. Let’s not rob ourselves of what they offer by enticing them away.
5 min read


Throwaway Lines in Education ~ Is Our Care-less Use of Them Harming Us All?
How harming is the care-less communication through language in our school communities?
6 min read


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?
11 min read


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?
4 min read


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?
5 min read


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?
6 min read


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?
7 min read


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...
8 min read


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....
8 min read


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...
7 min read


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...
5 min read


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...
3 min read


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...
7 min read


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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