Monthly Archives: May 2013

Social Intelligence and a New Science of Human Relationships

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Our recent posts on this blog have put a focus on relationships and on how we enable young people to develop a better awareness of self and others. Education for improved relationships depends entirely on our ability to develop what … Continue reading

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Teaching Relationships and Sex Education: Part Two

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This post is a somewhat longer piece on why and how we should offer Relationships and Sex Education. Again, your comments on this will be most gratefully received. For further information or for support please contact us on info@3diassociates.com  Let’s look … Continue reading

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Relationships, Sex Education and Pornography: What should schools do next?

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The Office for the Children’s Commissioner for England yesterday published a report into the adverse effects of pornography on our children and young people. Its title is “Basically …….porn is everywhere” and explains that a “significant minority” of our children … Continue reading

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Primary Schools – Does Size Matter?

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There were two important education-related news stories in the press last Saturday, alongside the news about Michael Gove’s grilling at the NAHT conference (following the vote of no confidence in him) and Sir Ken Robinson’s scathing article in the Guardian … Continue reading

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Votes of No Confidence and a Public Right to Know

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This is an historic and unprecedented moment for education in England. It appears we now have a full set of organisations representing schools, colleges, teachers, school leaders and parents in England that have recently passed motions of no confidence in … Continue reading

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Quite a Day for Education

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It’s been quite a day for education. To begin with, a heart-warming and brain-stimulating article by Sir Ken Robinson in the Guardian, on the Comment and Debate pages: Gove extols creativity, but he has no idea what it is On … Continue reading

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The ‘Standards Agenda’ and a Big Lie about Education

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It’s important to understand that correlation is not the same as causality. Statisticians understand this, and so should teachers, parents and politicians, many of whom have traded on a false assumption about an inability to reach Level 4 in English … Continue reading

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Competing Visions of Education, and Souls of Nations

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Professor Celia Oyler‘s page on the Teacher’s College, Columbia University, website tells us that her ‘scholarly interests’ are classroom-based collaborative research on issues of social justice, equity, and accessible pedagogy; inclusive education and teacher education. Thanks to a recent Diane … Continue reading

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