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Professor Roessingh, The Conversation, 5 Nov 2019. The miracle of the hand-brain connection lies at the existential core of what it means to be human – that is, to have developed as tool makers and language users.
EducationHQ, 30 Oct 2019. Research shows that teachers have very little to do with why some kids are better at school than others. This contradicts the popular view that teachers matter most (after genes) when it comes to academic achievement. Read here
Dr Peter Gray, Psychology Today, 5 May 2015. Pre-school and kindergarten teachers are upset by the increased pressure on them to teach and test academic skills. They can see the unhappiness generated and research supports their concerns. Read here
Bethan Marshal, King’s College London, www.independent.co.uk. The age at which we start learning to read: In Sweden you will be at least seven, in Germany possibly the same, and in Finland you may be as old as eight. In England you’ll be six and in Australia you will be five! We are obsessed with the age at which you can decode those specks on a page of print and…
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, 17 Aug 2019. Stephen Camarata (Professor of Psychiatry and of Hearing and Speech Sciences) says the push to teach children increasingly more complex concepts at earlier ages is likely counterproductive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/08/17/why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive/
Bright Horizons (no date). As children grow older, play (often defined as children’s work) remains important for learning and development. Read the article here
Australian College of Educators, Upcoming Event, Monday 28 October 2019. Speaker: Prof Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish author and educator, UNSW Professor of Educational Policy, and Deputy Director, Gonski Institute for Education. Book online.
EducationHQ, 30 Aug 2019. Dr Kristy Goodwin (an expert in technology, wellbeing and productivity) warns that, in our technology-saturated lives, it is the elusive art of paying attention that has become key to our mental wellbeing and success in life.
Newsroom, 26 Apr 2019. Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world. Teaching empathy has been mandated since 1993. Empathy helps build relationships and prevent bullying. It promotes the growth of leaders, entrepreneurs and managers. Read the article here
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