Elena Aguilar, author of The Art of Coaching, is an educational consultant who practices and trains educators in what she calls “transformational coaching”, which focuses on
If I were to recommend the single most influential book on the impact of cognitive science in my teaching, I would recommend Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t
Introduction/Context At our château INSET (March 2019), Eowyn Crisfield was invited as a keynote speaker to introduce what current research says about the importance of
It is very encouraging to hear my colleagues continue to refer to new knowledge gained from the Festival of Education. In this entry I’d like to
On Friday, 24 May 2019 our school hosted its first International Festival of Education. More than 50 presenters shared a wide range of ideas about
I bought Daisy Christodoulou’s Seven Myths About Education after listening to her speak at the 2018 Festival of Education at Wellington College last June. I was interested in
From 27-29 March 2019, 100 teachers came together at Château de Pizay for a PD retreat that included plenary sessions, workshops, small group work, planning
I recently returned from a very positive experience at the Wellington College Festival of Education (21-22 June), where the slogan was “Where those who inspire find
Today I conducted my twentieth classroom visit of the year. As always, I was impressed by the range of different attributes displayed by my colleagues:
From 3-5 March I was fortunate to attend the ECIS conference organised by the English as an Additional Language and Mother Tongue Committee (now called the Multilingual Learning