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A Balance of Approaches in Education

Some years ago now, I did a student survey which looked at which subjects in the school were favourites with the students and which were ...

For Children Attending School

Here’s article addressed to children in a school situation. Make what use of it you can. Out of every 168 hours that there are in a week,...

The Good Teacher

Interaction, interaction, interaction. That’s what teaching is all about, and that’s what terrifies most student teachers or those new to...

Creating a Classroom Atmosphere

The teacher’s role in creating an atmosphere in the classroom is central to teaching and learning. Often this is about dispelling an exis...

The Educational Environment

To accomplish anything educationally, some control is needed. The word ‘control’ has a bad name in some quarters. As a verb, it comes fro...

Setting the Classroom Scene

Here are some tips to help teachers in the potentially fiery chamber known as the ‘classroom’: 1. Don’t ‘talk down’ to children. Don't tr...

8 Tips for Teachers and Parents

It’s possible to portray the relationship that must exist between parents and teachers as a perpetually confrontational one, which is why...

The Biggest Single Factor in Improving Learning

Volumes and volumes of opinion exist as to what gets results in education. A rapid consultation of newspapers, political statements, even...

Who Wants To Be A Mediaeval Millionaire?

When teaching 11 to 14 year olds about mediaeval literature like Beowulf or Gawain and the Green Knight, one runs into the enormous barri...

Shakespeare: Bypassing the Barriers

It was common practice in schools a few years ago, and may still be, that, in order to ‘do’ Shakespeare, the teacher would play Baz Luhrm...

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