Exploring education

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words...and a good cartoon is worth a book. So, if this is the second best educational cartoo...

Those who support the current mania for educational testing please take note...

"THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE" We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; We have more...

Burnout is a major problem in schools.  It shouldn’t surprise anyone - teaching is a demanding occupation.  As well as being educators te...

I’m breaking a self imposed rule with this post. I’m writing it while on holiday. The reason is simple,  I’ve achieved a boyhood ambitio...

There is no shortage of people telling teachers how to improve education.  Sometimes it seems that all the educational experts are either ...

The web is awash with wonderful resources for teaching mathematics - plus some sites pedalling pedagogy best avoided.  What follows is a p...

This is a very well known optical illusion - it seems that everyone has seen it.  Everyone knows that it is either two faces or a vase.  W...

I’m fortunate to be able to visit every classroom in our school. Like most schools, we have invested heavily in ICT. Are we getting value ...

I initially uploaded this image to my facebook page to share the humour with my friends. It’s a joke, a somewhat “down market” spin on an ...

I’ve been puzzling on reconciling what the research says about motivation and how to enact it at my workplace.  For this I am indebted to ...

There is a an ancient parable that goes something like this... Centuries ago three stone masons were working together chipping away at l...

I came across this piece only recently - despite it first appearing in 1944. Despite its age it seems as modern as tomorrow.  I don’t t...