Category: Constructivism in Education: Principles and Practise
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How can restorative behaviour management be used within the time constraints of a busy teaching day?
I was asked the question recently on Twitter; “Can you explain how a teacher who has a full timetable can have these therapeutic 1-1 conversations whilst teaching classes following each and every behaviour incident?“ This is an interesting question and makes some assumptions about behaviour that I think ned to be unpicked before we go…
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Project Based Learning: An Overview
Project based learning builds upon the foundation of experiential learning by following the pedagogy through to the level of what is being taught; where experiential learning forms the basis of a holistic view of learning where learners and learning are not seen as discreet, a project-based approach is the foundation of embedding this across the…
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Outdoor Learning: Why it should be ‘as Standard’
For millions of years, throughout human history, all learning was outdoors. It is only relatively recently that we have decided in our culture to see learning in enclosed classroom spaces as somehow essential. It should not be the case that we educate in such a way as to make ease of teaching the central focus,…
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Outdoor, Learner Led, Project Based and Experiential Learning: The Background that brings us to now.
The problems facing education are not new, nor are the concepts for innovative change, in fact the Distinguished Professor E. E. Erikson of Utah spoke of the innovations necessary in education in 1971 in New York (McMurrin 1971). 50 years on and we are still trying to meet the challenge of changing education through innovation.…
Shevek Pring 