IB and ‘Character’ education
At the heart of IB visuals is an image of the child and student. IB programmes are about developing the whole person - heart, mind and soul. But how does it do this? I have been faced by this question...
August Update
Over the past month I have been fascinated to collate all the excellent material out there on what has been called 'the science of learning': what can we learn from the world of cognitive science about...
June Update
Approaches to teaching and learning: With near half a million words on this website it is not always easy to pick out what has been recently added. This update signposts pages that have been added during...
What's worth reading?
One of my roles is to support school governing boards appoint headteachers and principals. One of my standard questions is ‘what are you reading about education at the moment?’ Surprisingly this appears...
Creativity IS key
We all know that the skills that we need in the future are not necessarily the ones we are teaching students. In our current context in which technology and automation are transforming industries, disrupting...
May Update
With near half a million words on this website it is not always easy to pick out what has been recently added. I therefore intend to provide on-going 'What's New?' blogs signposting some of the pages...
What are our mantras?
Have you ever asked students what they think the school really believes about them? What are the key messages they keep hearing from us? Mantras have been around for thousands of years. They are those...
Job Descriptions
There are key roles to get right if you are going to have a successful Diploma Programme: the roles of the DP Coordinator, the CAS Coordinator, the extended Essay Supervisor and (if you have one) the...
Are YOU internationally minded?
This month a new book was published that challenges all of our views of the world. Bill Gates describes Factfulness by Hans Rosling as "One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable...
China - International Education
China has the largest education system in the world. The one-child policy (up until 2015) has meant that the strong education ethic evidenced throughout many parts of Asia is exaggerated in China where...