Learner Agency is an outcome, not a pedagogy
There’s a lot of talk in education at the moment about Learner Agency (aka student agency). In the name of agency we are supposed to give students “voice and choice” in their learning. But there’s…
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Never Work Harder Than Your Students
#learnership education Probably the best piece of advice I ever got as a teacher was “never work harder than your students.” One of my former mentors, Joanne Roberts, told me that. A fantastic principal, with…
Your Whole School Approach To Habits of Mind
Plus a bonus interview with Art Costa and Bena Kallick It’s been more than 25 years since Art Costa and Bena Kallick introduced the world to the Habits of Mind. In that time, the Habits…
Why we need Agile Learners?
Agile Learners thrive in the most challenging and unpredictable environments. Whether it’s academic success in schools, increasing the bottom line in business, improving parenting skills or triumphing in any other challenging task, the Agile Learner…
Why is a Growth Mindset so important to motivation?
I love this quote by George Bernard Shaw. It so neatly captures one of the key differences between someone with a Growth Mindset and someone with a Fixed Mindset. Someone with a Fixed Mindset believes…
Introducing the Mindset Continuum
Why are we still talking fixed v’s growth mindsets in schools? In her landmark book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck introduced the concept of Fixed and Growth Mindsets to the world. She…
Where do the Habits of Mind fit?
Last week, I discussed how staff at my school were able to “find” the Habits of Mind in the curriculum, as well as in their big-picture visions of student learning. By doing so, they realised…
Focus. Feedback. Fix it! … and the role of mistakes
On its own, a mistake has no value. The value and learning potential come not from the mistake itself, but from the way we act on it. To achieve learning and extract value from a…
Growth Mindsets: All your questions answered!
In this highly insightful 1 hour webinar I address the most common misunderstandings about Growth Mindsets. I explain why the most common strategies we use in schools are unlikely to have an impact on students…
Learnership – Free 1 Hour Webinar
This free one hour webinar is a great introduction to Learnership. Many schools have found this video useful to watch in staff meeting or leadership meetings as a way of introducing the ideas to teachers.…