The Act of Writing – Reflection
The act of writing stimulates thought, so when you cannot think of anything to write, start writing anyway. – Barbara Fine Clouse Reflective writing is […]
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The power of habits.
Habits form a significant part of the learning process, and the success of learners is dependent on the habits they develop early in their school […]
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REMED 2018 – This is my Mind!
(Presentation notes from REMED 2018) Welcome to the session on mindfulness and mindful meditation using drawing and writing. After many meaningful presentations today our minds […]
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Why use Mindfulness?
When we practice mindfulness of drawing and writing, it is the movement of the pen or pencil across the page, the co-ordination of hand and […]
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Blended Learning Part 2
The first element of successful blended learning is for the role of the teacher to move from instructor or knowledge deliverer to that of a […]
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Design Thinking – Part 2
Western thinking is based on “analysis.” In order, to understand information, to understand situations we need to analyse them. Through analysis, we break down complex […]
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Design Thinking as a classroom tool – Part 1
“It never about the right thing; it about the next thing. Humans lean into the future, and there is never a settling point. ” – […]
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The Benefits of Mindfulness in Schools
Mindfulness in the school environment has been found to have numerous benefits for the classroom, Below are a few of the benefits of mindfulness in […]
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Becoming a Parent-teacher…
During a parent meeting some months ago a mother referred to me as a “parent-teacher.” inferring that as a teacher, we know how to parent […]
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Mindfulness in Education
Over the past decade, training in mindfulness—the intentional cultivation of moment-by-moment non-judgmental focused attention and awareness—has spread from its initial western applications in medicine to […]
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