www.independentthinking.comWatching the world | Independent ThinkingEurope and the rest of the world is moving quickly towards a widespread ‘lockdown’. An unprecedented set of restrictions in response to…Mar 19, 2020Mar 19, 2020
www.independentthinking.comIf Your School Has to Close — Part One| Independent ThinkingThe media likes a good pandemic and while there is a great deal of fear being stirred up currently about Coronavirus, now known officially…Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
www.independentthinking.comLeading Online: The View From Hong Kong | Independent ThinkingWe asked Ben Keeling, Head of Shrewsbury School in Hong Kong, how things were during this current Covid-19 outbreak. This is his honest…Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
www.independentthinking.comIf Your School Has to Close— Part Two | Independent ThinkingMore from Independent Thinking Associate and ed-tech expert Mark Anderson:Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
www.independentthinking.comTeachers as Inventors, not ScientistsI opened my first ‘proper’ book, Essential Motivation in the Classroom, with a quote I borrowed from Stephen Pinker in How the Mind Works:Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
www.independentthinking.comThanks to the current NEU Conference in Liverpool, education has taken centre stage this Easter…That is, the extent to which we are encouraging children to develop an independence in and intrinsic value for their own learning, to the…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
www.independentthinking.comIt Isn’t What You Teach | Independent ThinkingI have had the privilege of spending all my life working in and working with all sorts of schools, observing some of the most wonderful…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
www.independentthinking.comThe Corridor of CuriositiesLast week, a short video of our Corridor of Curiosity caused a minor ripple on twitter with lots of people posting comments and asking…Mar 30, 2019Mar 30, 2019
www.independentthinking.comTesticular Cancer — Guest Blog‘Well’, I stammered by way of explanation, ‘it’s just that one of my testicles is hot, large and heavy, like a microwaved satsuma.’Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019
www.independentthinking.comA ‘What Works’ Approach to Violent Crime | Independent ThinkingGiven the current concerns about knife crime, gangs and young people in the UK, I thought I would share some insights that I have just…Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019