Can Students Have Too Much Tech?
Following her outstanding address at the launch of The Relational Teacher, Susan Pinker writes for Relational Schools today. Given the…
Relationships for learning: making the implicit explicit
My fascination and interest in school relationships and their effect on learning came to the fore while in the position…
The Relational Student: Part 2
Communication and Relationships in Schools Did anyone pick up on a hot topic at the National Association of Head Teacher’s…
The Relational Student: developing social capital capacity
This week saw the final day of filming for “The Relational Teacher”. The film explores a pedagogy for relationships and has…
What’s more worrying: why people won’t join the profession or why teachers won’t stay in it?
The lead education story which continues to rumble concerns teacher retention with warnings that: “Nearly four in ten qualifying teachers…
Show schools how they can work with families
Today, Dr Janet Goodall, Bath University lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management and renowned expert in parental engagement with children’s learning,…
The Village Effect
I took my family to the stunning King’s Cross Theatre production of The Railway Children yesterday. This wasn’t any visit to a theatre.…
The Impact of Classroom Design on Learning (Part 1)
Last November RSP Research Director, Robert Loe, attempted to articulate a purer education experience. Using Peter Brook’s “The Empty Space”…
The Impact of Classroom Design on Learning (Part 2)
The conversation continued… The design approach of Vittra School in Stockholm appears to be a positive attempt to simulate a ‘micro-village’…
The Humble Teacher: The Relational Teacher
I make no apology for writing a relational rugby inspired blog. We are all allowed one guilt pleasure and this…