The pace of change in how teaching and learning is delivered is increasing exponentially. It has been argued that since public education began, many things have stayed the same. When I was at school, I was taught subjects in discrete silos. The method of delivery was mainly ‘talk-and-chalk’ interspersed with Read more…
Quite simply it was a virus that was potent enough to demand interventions which required us to review how we interacted with one another. Bonds were broken to protect ourselves. Closeness, intimacy and social gatherings could have fatal consequences. ‘Safety in numbers’ became ‘risk in numbers’.
Interview with a Primary School Principal. In my job, over the past 18 years or so, I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to speak with many teachers and school leaders. Up until 2020, outside of formal training and consultancy, most of the chat was ‘workaday’ stuff – the sort of Read more…
We have worked with Virginia College, Cavan for nearly 5 years. At the end of last year we embarked on a discovery phase which would see a new design realised for the college. The new school website went live yesterday and we couldn’t be prouder of our team. This post Read more…
A critical Report on Scottish education is a call to action from the government.
This week we take a look at skills needed for the modern workplace.
Are we getting it right in our schools?
In a previous Blog I talked about the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in relation to the issue of school uniforms.
Another potent issue has arisen too during the past 12 months: The Digital Divide and its impact on our learners.
This week, Northern Ireland saw the return of all students to ‘normal’ school conditions. The landscape has changed however, and it will take a while to return to the way it was before the pandemic…
The school uniform debate has long been the staple of many adolescent students in debating societies and on-line forums across the world. For and against, the pros and cons, discussed ad nauseum often to an uncomfortable hard stop when teachers intervene with a ‘now get back to class’.
It has never been more important to have parents and carers involved in the education of young people. The invisible social contract between home and school always seemed to have a line between ‘home’ and ‘school’: current circumstances have blurred that line.