Category: learning & teaching

Lesson observation

Developing an alternative approach Too often lesson observations are rushed and tokenistic. But is there a realistic ‘best practice’? Elen Harris proposes […]

February 20, 2024August 15, 2024learning & teaching, reflections, Staff Appraisal

EDITORIAL, March 2024

What really sets your school apart is a good story Too many years ago than I care to remember, I was sitting […]

February 20, 2024April 4, 2024learning & teaching, Story-telling, Student well being

The third teacher

How an educational vision drove the design of a new school Gavin Judd describes how a school community in Mexico City designed […]

January 23, 2024Community well being, Global Community, learning & teaching, Learning Spaces, Professional Development, School environment, The Future, The international experience

Inbuilt stories

The importance of symbolism in school architecture Jane Crowhurst asks us to think about what physical spaces say about a school’s learning […]

January 23, 2024Community well being, environmental sustainability, Inclusion, learning & teaching, Learning Spaces, School environment, STEMzone, student-centred learning

Design dialogue

 Bringing the worlds of educators and architects togeher Jenny Mollon, Director of Education at KidzInk and her colleague, architect Neha Anna Sibu, […]

January 22, 2024August 15, 2024educational philosophy, environmental sustainability, learning & teaching, Learning Spaces, technological integration, Technology, The Future

The Digital Priory

Repton School pioneers a new approach to hybrid learning Ashley Currie looks at how part of a heritage school building in rural […]

January 12, 2024Community well being, Environment, Global Community, Inclusion, learning & teaching, Learning Spaces, online learning, platform, School design projects, technological integration, The international experience

Thinking shoes

A teacher’s journey in time and space. Holly Warren has recently moved to Switzerland and has been spending time walking and thinking […]

December 20, 2023Community well being, Expressive Arts, learning & teaching, reflections

eTwinning

Collaborative learning across and beyond Europe A public school in Gori, Georgia discovers the benefits of eTwinning, an EU platform which has […]

December 20, 2023Global Community, Humanities, learning & teaching, online learning, The international experience

Character education

Framework for change Erika Elkady laments the narrow ‘academic’ approach of modern education, but sees the potential of an ancient ideal to […]

December 19, 2023learning & teaching, Student well being

Sustainability learning

We need an action-based climate change curriculum, now! Paul Thompson, Head of Geography at Sevenoaks School asks what it would take to […]

December 14, 2023Environment, environmental sustainability, learning & teaching, Sustainability, The Future