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The future leaders challenge

Is leadership greatness beyond our reach?  Many would have us think so!  But the great leaders are everyday people willing to put themselves forward, to do the everyday, day after day, in order to make a change. But how many

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Employing marginal gains theory to enhance pedagogical approaches

Searching for 1% improvements to teaching and learning! My throat strained under the excessive screaming and my arms pumped with wild hysteria as I cheered the GB cycling team on to gold at the 2012 Olympic games, but what impressed

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Weaving technology into the fabric of learning

Do you constantly evaluate and develop your own teaching practice?  Are you willing to push learning boundaries?  How about if those boundaries come in the form of social media or online technology, would you incorporate those mediums into your lesson

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Developing resilient learners

Learning is not pretty; it takes grit and the right kind of praise!   “After seven experiments with hundreds of children, we had some of the clearest findings I’ve ever seen: Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms

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To allow Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for learning, or to not?

The UK government recommends eight points of guidance, when considering Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) implementation within public sector organisations.  These are:  Understanding the legal issues Creating effective BYOD policy Limiting the information shared by devices Encouraging staff agreement Technical controls Anticipating

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Nurturing professional development

Great blog from our latest guest on Inspiration 4 Teachers, Dr Rebecca Eliahoo, Principal Lecturer (Lifelong Learning), University of Westminster   In episode 14 on nurturing professional development, Rebecca and I discuss ways of supporting new teachers and trainees; the importance

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