Creating collaborative learning communities with students as co-researchers.

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As a new school year dawns in the international schools system and Northern Hemisphere schools, many teachers start to muse on questions and ideas about establishing class rules, essential agreements or other forms of agreement with students. There are buzzwords everywhere and an abundance of resources to help create ‘guidelines for cooperation and responsibility’. One approach is to see the … Read More

Isn’t normal the cycle on a washing machine?

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“Isn’t normal the cycle on a washing machine?”   There is ever increasing attention being paid to the way so called “Introverts” prefer to work and play. This is in part a response to the prevalence of material in cultural, corporate and school spaces that reify the notion of the team, the group, bonding relationships and interactions connected to the … Read More