PRESENTATION by. Robert Palmer There is a strong trend in current education policies urging ‘reality’ and ‘real life experiences’ to be an integral part of the curriculum. This has developed without consideration for the importance of childhood’s essential developmental stages and without an adequate definition of ‘reality’. While children should not be forced to live…
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What would you do if someone gave you an hour a day, every day, to spend on making your life healthier and happier? Build a boat? Take up tennis? Learn a language? Sign up for swimming lessons? Try to tap dance? We will help you find 60 minutes a day if you promise to spend…
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Bloom’s Taxonomy identified 6 areas of teaching and learning. Edward DeBono popularized these areas as 6 “Thinking Hats” – a tool to strengthen critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity skills. Now, Dr. Colin Benjamin brings you “Trains of Thought” using the 16 areas of PPP (the Personal Preferences Profile). Author of How We Make Up Our…
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In a world of rapid change and increasing technology it is vital that students, parents, teachers and everybody else open their personal ‘pathways to progress’. Learning can happen anywhere, at any time, and should be fun, but certainly not frivolous. We all have the responsibility to give our children the time, space and freedom to…
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When you change your thinking, you change your beliefs Change begins with the mind. Beliefs are nothing more than a byproduct of what you have thought about for long enough. Always remember this: What you believe and what you think, is a collection of continual thoughts that have formed themselves into a conviction. When you…
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Recent research tells us that seven out of ten people believe that there is too much change these days and that we cannot keep up with the pace of technological change. There can be little doubt that the silent killer of this century could be the technological revolution as people become concerned about the pace…
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The following may be described in a similar manner to my mother’s knitting – there are bits of purl and plain, dropped stitches and holes, some sections show extreme delicacy and skill, some parts fit. and others you will have to adjust to suit yourself. Please consider… Global Eco-Learning and The E-Team addresses the four…
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