Teaching and Learning
How do students actually learn?
As teachers we need to know how to develop our students' cognitive (mental), affective (emotional) and psychomotor (physical) skills. This page provides background information to help teachers understand...
Leadership
Re-imagining education
As we return to school you might find the following two short think pieces helpful. They engage all staff in asking deep questions about education. What better way to start a new year. A New Education...
Leadership
Leadership Network
Become part of a leadershipship network I have just come across Thin Difference - an online leadership network that encourages leaders from all sectors to share common experiences.Their website contains...
Leadership
Emotionally intelligent leadership
Undertanding how our brains work can make us better leaders Main idea: School leaders need to review how they relate to staff - in both a personal and systemic way - in order to get the bestout of them....
Leadership
Applying to be a Head
Guiding Questions As you read the article 10 ways to get ahead(ship) consider the following: Article: 10 ways to get ahead(ship), Tes 2 January 2018. Click HERE to access it. The Art of Headship The...
Leadership
Leadership Thought Pieces
Thought pieces are short pieces of text used as a stimulus for individual and group reflection. Each thought piece includes a short introduction and key questions to consider in relation to the topic....
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Self-Motivation
"Self-motivation is at the core of successful learning. As Alfie Kohn points out ... no one can ever really motivate anyone else; the only true motivation is self-motivation. All we can ever hope to do...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Examples of resilience and perseverance
To succeed you need to be resilient and persevere. Resilience is one of the self-management skills mentioned by the IB in their 'Approaches to teaching and learning in the Diploma Programme'. But what...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Resilience
IB students need resilience. The IB recognise this: "Resilience appears to be the affective concept that is most inclusive of almost all other desirable affective elements of the successful DP student....
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is one of the self-management skills in the IB approaches to teaching and learning. The IB (Approaches to Learning) describe mindfulness as a form of mental relaxation so that we become more...