This week the blog posts about teachers’ return to school have been flying, but few teachers will have that first hard week more in perspective than Caroline Gibson, who spent her holidays working in Malawi with the Global Teachers Programme.
During her adventures she managed to keep an online diary of her learning, the new experiences, […]

Those interested in the science of learning may be interested in The Biology of Learning (including tips) from Luminosity’s Brain Health Blog.

Today I received an email from the RSA alerting me to an interesting event which I simply can’t attend. Why do I enlist for newletters from organisations 400 miles away? The main reason is to remind me to keep in touch with what these interesting organisations are doing. By visiting the Index of audio lectures […]

Ollie Bray expands on the gaming sessions senior students have been organising for younger pupils at Musselburgh Grammar School, and sees yet another simple role for gaming in keeping kids in school at lunchtime, eating the healthier food of the canteen, instead of venturing to the deep fried alternative in the high street. So could […]

I have details of my appointment with Death.
According to Death Clock, it is 18 Feb 2051, 9 days short of my 92nd birthday and 8 years short of receiving a congratulatory hologram from the President. Still, it"s a good innings. The details required for the calculation are so few (DoB, Gender, BMI, Smoker/Non-smoker and Optimist/Pessimist/Sadist) […]

Morna Crombie from Curriculum for Excellence and pupils from St Stephen’s Primary School in Dalmuir in Clydebank demonstrate interdisciplinary learning with a short drama combining food and health, physical activity and maths.
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Representatives from three different educational groups introduce what each of their projects involves. Fiona Fisher of the Scotland China School Links Program, Bridget Doogan of Scottish Health talking about ‘emotional literacy’, and Margaret Sutherland of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils feature in these short interviews.
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