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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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Social Justice, Education, and the Pupil Premium

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After a rare weekend of sunshine, the weather returned to normal yesterday. Can this really be fair? Does Britain deserve such continuously dreary, dismal, wet weather? A scary thought. What if it does?

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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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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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Music: Passing It On, and Feeling the Noize

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If you haven’t been watching Simon Amstel’s sublime ‘Grandma’s House’ on TV recently then we strongly suggest you try to catch up with it on the BBC iPlayer. I remember quite clearly that one of the reasons I enjoyed visiting … Continue reading

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Finding a Rhythm, Feeling the Groove

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Preamble. Following on from yesterday’s thoughts on music and the intelligences that are required to make music, we’d like to add the following clarification. There’s a direct route from the physical into the metaphysical (spiritual) intelligence, and a return route … Continue reading

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The Spirit to Play and Physical Intelligence

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Yesterday there was an announcement about a concert that’s going to take place on the opening day of the Olympics in London . . . and our spirits swiftly sank. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17896786 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/01/duran-duran-olympics-opening-concert   (+ comments) Duran Duran are to play a … Continue reading

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