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“Do you have hands? Excellent. That’s a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle. Take a line for a walk, as Paul … Continue reading
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Still feeling dismayed by the hard-line ‘traditionalist’ element at the London Festival of Education (#LFE15) we invite readers to insert the word ‘schools’ wherever ‘universities’ and ‘higher education’ occur in this recent Guardian editorial: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/27/guardian-view-on-higher-education-beyond-bean-counters The noble idea that a … Continue reading
Below are some quotes from an article by Jay Griffiths (“Futuristic Overdrive”) published in the Guardian this week. The article considers some important issues about children’s relationship with technology and computers – a subject we’ve commented on recently. You can … Continue reading
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Continuing with the Free School theme this week, there would appear to be three common reasons why someone would want to open a new school that’s publicly funded and operates alongside existing school provision even where there are already sufficient … Continue reading
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Today the mid and southern parts of England and Wales are feeling the effects of the “St. Jude” storm, with power cables broken, trees uprooted and general chaos happening across the nation. In the main, children are on their half-term … Continue reading
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What kills curiosity, innovation and imagination? One could argue that a rigid, over-organised curriculum which is imposed on children and young people does precisely that. Enabling children to learn for themselves through their own real interests has to be the … Continue reading
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What is creativity? Can it be taught? Can you teach teachers how to teach creativity? Or is creativity something that’s intrinsic – either you are creative or you’re not? As a child, I couldn’t draw. As an adult I’m relatively … Continue reading
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Lots of thoughts today about the importance of sport, music and other forms of entertainment, recreation and self-expression. Also thoughts about the importance of multiple intelligences in sport, music and creativity.
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Two months ago we wrote about Sir Ken Robinson’s latest book – The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. https://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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Yesterday’s Horizon on BBC2 featured a monster supercomputer that performs millions of calculations per second and can crunch mountains of data for days on end without stopping for a microsecond. And so what? It’s just doing what it’s been designed, … Continue reading
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