August 25, 2018
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Employers are often bemoaning the fact that many young people entering the marketplace do not have enough personal resilience to see a task through when they get stuck or enter a challenging longer collaborative group project. In one sense, these kinds of learning opportunities are not so much measuring knowledge…
August 19, 2018
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School ethos is hard to define and can look and feel very different: at its most basic level, it is a feeling when you walk around a school and catch a glimpse of the beliefs and values of the school. Having a tangible ethos is vital because it is like…
July 7, 2018
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Instead of standing on the shore and proving to ourselves that the ocean cannot carry us, let us venture on its waters just to see. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Passion and purpose are powerful elements. Every person has gifts and talents that can make a lasting impression. However, only a few …
July 3, 2018
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Mental health and wellbeing needs to be seen as one of the essential pillars to educational achievement. In the In focus section of the latest issue of Cambridge Outlook magazine, Professor Jonathan Glazzard of the UK’s Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools highlights how critically important…
November 12, 2017
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In the sphere of education there is a shift away from teaching to an increased focus on learning. With formal education traditionally emphasising teaching more than learning, education systems have focused on the transfer of information and knowledge from the teacher to the learner. This focus has created a…