Urban legends in education: what does the research say?
Professor Dr. Paul A Kirschner, Open University of the Netherlands, debunks various myths and perceived orthodoxies that persist in education.
Blog posts by Guest
Intrinsic motivation in Chinese students
In this extract from Cleverlands, Lucy Crehan explores the reasons that motivate students in China to learn, and it’s not what you may think.
Post-16 pathways: stop telling us which way to walk!
Sophie Winter, ex-grammar school post-16 student, now an associate at a Big Four firm and a charity worker, recalls her experience of sixth-form options.
Getting to grips with unwellness
Georgia Holleran suggests establishing the full costs of ‘unwellness’ among staff, and ways of countering the stressors.
Safer Internet Day: teaching digital empathy
The UK Safer Internet Centre hopes to provide opportunities to empower children and young people to use technology responsibly, respectfully and critically.
Facilitating a smooth transition
Martina Veale, education director at ASDAN, looks at how to support pupils through a positive transition from primary to secondary school.
Tackling the attendance drop after the holidays
Samantha Lowman, schools coordinator (school attendance), School-Home Support, gives some suggestions from SHS’s 30-year experience.
Farming group keen to get schools and young people involved
Carl Edwards, director education and public engagement, Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), shares a way to bring environmental issues to the classroom.
What can teachers actually do?
Ben White reveals the flaws in complex data management systems when applied to classroom teaching.
Active form time offers healthy variety
Jane Clarke, Head of PE, Comberton Village College, shows how students and staff throughout the school are benefiting from a weekly activity programme.
