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Enlightenment! Thanks To The CBI.

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A Crack Where The Light Gets In? To be fair to the Confederation of British Industry, which is not necessarily an organisation concerned with social justice and enlightened pedagogy, this isn’t the first time the CBI has said in effect … Continue reading

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Loving Learning, and Lifelong Learning

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Peter Ackroyd said on Radio 4 this weekend, “I developed a love of learning at an early age”. He talked about how much he enjoys researching for his various books, which  demonstrates his continued love of learning. His writing is … Continue reading

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Standards, Attainment and Achievement – Can We Be Clear What We’re Talking About?

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Consider this powerful and shocking headline from a recent newspaper article: Schools ‘face talent drain’ as morale of teachers dives: Poll shows thousands are thinking of quitting as former Ofsted chief warns of widespread disillusionment http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/may/12/schools-face-talent-drain By Daniel Boffey Morale … Continue reading

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The Creative Process. It’s a Spiritual Thing

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Why is the Upper House of Parliament still called the House of Lords? If it was called the House of Ladies, would the Lords really stand for that? The front page of the Observer Review today features a major 4-page … Continue reading

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Enabling Children to Discover their Element

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We need a revolution in education, and we need to turn upside down the notion that schools exist to prepare young people for the world of work, rather than schools exist to enable young people to develop all of their … Continue reading

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Finding Your Element Puts You In The Zone

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Peak Experiences and Going With The Flow. Today we’re returning to some more thoughts from Sir Ken Robinson’s book ‘The Element‘, but first we’re considering a book that was published in 1974 – The Inner Game of Tennis, written by … Continue reading

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More on Physical Intelligence

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Here’s another selection of quotes from Sir Ken Robinson‘s new book – The Element. They’re taken from Chapter 2: Think Differently. One of the principles of the Element is that we need to challenge what we take for granted about … Continue reading

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Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

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Two months ago we wrote about Sir Ken Robinson’s latest book – The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. http://3diassociates.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/and-heres-to-you-mr-robinson/ Today we’re returning to this book, starting with a passage from page 76 that connects with our recent … Continue reading

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Never Let Your School Work Interfere With Your Education

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First of all – a request to our 3Di blog ‘followers’ to kindly click the link on our email notifications of new posts and to read the blog (or at least take a quick look at it!) on http://3diassociates.wordpress.com/ – … Continue reading

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Meeting Needs, Personal Intelligence and Equal Opportunities

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I heard someone say to someone else recently, “Don’t neglect your own needs”, which prompted the thought that not only do many people not know or understand their own needs, they sometimes don’t seem to know or accept that everyone … Continue reading

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