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Ideas That Move Education Forward
Our blog dives deep into the big questions facing education today. From designing brain-friendly classrooms to rewriting the narratives we teach, each post blends research, real-world practice, and bold vision to spark progress in schools everywhere.
- Curriculum Design (6)
- Design Thinking (3)
- Education (2)
- Ethics in Education (4)
- Innovation (9)
- Mindfulness Education (4)
- Neuroscience (10)
- Reads That Resonate (4)
- Rethinking Education (3)
- Science Education (2)
- Teaching & Learning (9)
- Trends in Education (17)
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Why Static Curriculum is Limiting Human Potential
Read more: Why Static Curriculum is Limiting Human PotentialTranscendent thinking underpins the necessity for interdisciplinary learning in secondary education. In the rush to “fix” education through standardised metrics and AI-driven efficiency, we have overlooked a fundamental biological reality: the human brain is not a computer to be programmed, but a social organ that grows through the pursuit of meaning. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s latest…
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Neuroscience Insights: Designing Effective Learning Spaces
Read more: Neuroscience Insights: Designing Effective Learning SpacesDesigning Brain-Based Classrooms We’ve long accepted that curriculum matters. But what if the classroom itself; the lighting, layout, acoustics, visual and physical design, is silently shaping how the brain learns? Emerging findings in neuroscience and cognitive psychology suggest that learning environments are far from neutral. Instead, they actively influence students’ cognitive load, attention, emotional regulation,…
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The Distracted Brain: Focus, Dopamine, and Digital Overload
Read more: The Distracted Brain: Focus, Dopamine, and Digital OverloadIn today’s classrooms, attention has become both the scarcest and most valuable resource. Teachers increasingly report heightened restlessness, shorter attention spans; medically, ADHD diagnoses are on the rise, and there is growing difficulty engaging students in sustained, reflective thinking. Yet this is not a matter of laziness or poor discipline. Rather, it reflects a profound…
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What My Children Taught Me About How Learning Should Begin
Read more: What My Children Taught Me About How Learning Should BeginWhen I chose education as a career, I’ll admit, part of the decision was practical. I wanted a profession that would allow me to be present for my future children. Of course, there were other motivations too: a passion for learning, an insatiable curiosity, and a desire to serve a wider community. The hope of…
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Science Education vs. Scientific Thinking: Why the Difference Matters
Read more: Science Education vs. Scientific Thinking: Why the Difference MattersI have been thinking about curriculum design in science (again), recently. As a team, we are taking the time this term to reflect on the year passed, the end of year data coming in and critically evaluating our own practice, from implementation to pedagogy and beyond. Today, I paused to consider a question that’s been…
