Encourage them to find their passion. It’s what makes life meaningful and purposeful, and having the wherewithal to follow that passion is what brings children to realise who they are... Читать далее
The best thing (and speaking purely from my own experience) is you get to meet some really interesting people and no two days are the same. I used to work in an office 9-5 and that was... Читать далее
Tell them the truth, but don't tell them anything that will frighten them.
You could start by saying that there are lots of people in the world and so there are lots of different ideas... Читать далее
It depends on what purpose they serve. You’re testing at a particular age – and traditionally at a young age. And you’re testing to decide on which people go to one type of school, and... Читать далее
In the past, thinkers of the Left, like Gramsci, of the right like Oakeshott, and of the Liberal persuasion like Hannah Arendt would have all believed in a broadly liberal education for... Читать далее
Parenting and Relationship Coach and a serial entrepreneur with an MBA from INSEAD. He is the founder of Best of Parenting and the author of 'The Working Parents’ Guide’ @bestofparent
Can parenting skills be taught or are they innate?
There’s research that shows the only real instincts that we have as parents are protection and nurturing. All the other skills are actually learnt or passed down through generations.
As... Читать далее
Well, if you look at the international league tables, then it’s possible to identify which are the high performing countries. But too often what we’re assuming is that those league tables... Читать далее
I don’t think it should be scrapped in the sense that it suddenly became illegal to ask a pupil to research or finish a project outside school hours. I’d like to reserve the option to... Читать далее
Senior Research Fellow in the School Of Education, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University. @beng_see
There’s no evidence that simply listening to music improves the learning outcomes of children – but some promise that learning to play a musical instrument can have an influence.
> "Music... Читать далее
Krampus is the counterpart to the kindly St Nicholas, who is a figure of Europe folklore who arrives on the 6 December and rewards good children by leaving presents in their shoes. The... Читать далее