How Important Is Creativity In The Classroom?

How Important Is Creativity In The Classroom?

In his extremely popular Ted Talk, Sir Ken Robinson promoted the importance of creativity in education and stated, “Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” Is it? Is creativity as important as literacy?...
I Can’t Stress This Enough

I Can’t Stress This Enough

It’s never been a more stressful time to be an educator. The world of education feels like a hacky sack kicked around by the feet of Covid and natural disasters. That’s adding to deadlines, multi-tasking, assessing, learning updated curriculum and more. Chronic stress...
Australia Is a Phoenix Rising

Australia Is a Phoenix Rising

As do many parts of the world, Australia has had more than its fair share of destructive natural disasters. From bushfires to cyclones to droughts to floods.  And then there was Covid! Over the last few years educational institutions have been pummelled by the fists...
Your mind is a muscle, exercise it

Your mind is a muscle, exercise it

In the world of health and fitness, and to be specific strength training and bodybuilding, there is a concept called ‘progressive overload’. What is it? Basically, it’s when you gradually increase weight, frequency, or set repetitions within your training routine....
3 TIPS FOR BETTER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

3 TIPS FOR BETTER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement tend to be the signs looked for when a teacher or trainer considers whether a student is connecting to a lesson.  With that in mind, to help a student have a positive learning experience, a teacher could look for and...