Ad

Encouraging a Lifelong Curiosity About History

History is one of the most misunderstood subjects in the school curriculum. To many students, it presents itself as a sequence of dates, events and names to be memorised for examinations and then forgotten. Yet history, encountered in the right way, is one of the most intellectually rich and personally relevant disciplines available. The story …

Ad

Encouraging Children to Reflect on Their Own Learning

Reflection is one of the most powerful tools available to a learner, yet it is one of the least consistently taught or practised in most educational settings. The ability to look back at an experience, to identify what went well and what could be improved, to understand one’s own thinking processes and to use that …