Photo by JacLou DL on Pixabay First impressions count, and clearly I still need to work on the Children’s TV presenter style that can slip out when I’m nervous and meeting 30+ year 10s whom I will be teaching for the next two years… Pupil: “Miss, what does...
Image courtesy Joshua Coleman on Unsplash Can perfectionism be useful in education? When? How? Should we strive for perfection ourselves as educators? For our pupils? Classes? Schools? Or can perfectionism be destructive? Always? This blog examines these questions…...
I often get asked ‘How’ I work with young people who display such extreme and challenging behaviour – even by fellow teachers in mainstream. There is, of course, no one stop ‘How’ but in this blog I share some best practices for working with such students both...
“When you find the places where a culture splits from a natural truth you have found a key, a way inside the dis-eases of the culture.”[1] I read this quotation recently whilst relaxed, in the sunshine during the summer holidays and yet it’s effect on me was that...
There are as many ways to combine these two concepts as there are students and teachers. In fact, maybe it’s more like students multiplied by teachers. The discipline for one student may not be appropriate for another. Discipline should be equal across the board –...
Inspiring learning quotes are useful, but a stark examination of when learning stops can help us release the blocks. Original article written for Always Possible. “We never stop learning;” “Never stop learning because life never stops teaching;” “Education is not...
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