Articles
Here is a letter disputing the ‘education is for the economy’ mantra in the UK
https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/opinion/1168596/insted-not-ofsted
https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/opinion/1168596/insted-not-ofsted
Here is an Irish Times article on the significance of Goethe.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/why-goethe-matters-the-case-for-a-new-schooling-of-attention-1.3453031
Here is Wais essay on unfolding sexuality.
Johann Hari speaks of his revolutionary insights into depression in the west and in the east and happiness in personal and in a social context. Recommended listening.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/depression/9786600
Johann Hari's new book and interactive website
https://thelostconnections.com/the-quiz/
Failing to keep up... a 46 per cent increase in people, aged 19 or younger, in Victorian emergency departments for mental health treatment between 2008 (5988 patients) and 2015 (8726).
https://au.educationhq.com/news/48261/surge-in-youth-mental-health-emergencies
Sir Ken Robinson.., a God among mortals ... his message is an unsettling one: our attachment to an industrial model of education is crippling our kids’ potential. It’s stifling creativity, innovation and joy...
https://au.educationhq.com/news/48185/sir-ken-speaks-out-our-school-system-crushes-the-will-to-learn
Skullduggery - War gaming the Science - How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation - The disinformation campaign—and massive radiation increase—behind the 5G rollout.
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-big-wireless-made-us-think-that-cell-phones-are-safe-a-special-investigation/
Harvard Business Review advocating phones away for better concentration.
hbr.org/2018/03/having-your-smartphone-nearby-takes-a-toll-on-your-thinking
Finnish excellence starts with play for children and with autonomy for teachers not with Naplan/pisa testing.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/07/pasi-sahlberg-finland-teach-australian-schools-education
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedish-students-support-ban-on-mobile-phones-at-school-2016-8
France bans mobiles in schools and makes each school start a choir!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/france-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-schools-from-september
There are health implications with mobiles, just keeping them in your pockets, let alone next to your ear!
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/dont-keep-cell-phones-next-to-your-body-california-health-department-warns/
Here is research that gets little hearing when it comes to Governments and legislations.
Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five - Studies Early and Late start readers.
Finnish Excellence is an insightful commentary on Education - whats failing and what is achieving.
What Is the Purpose of School? Lillipoh Issue: Spring 2009: Redefining Education - Issue #55, Vol. 14
How America Made Its Children Crazy by Spengler. A sharp review of fifty years of Educational mindset in America with an alternative.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/why-goethe-matters-the-case-for-a-new-schooling-of-attention-1.3453031
Here is Wais essay on unfolding sexuality.
Johann Hari speaks of his revolutionary insights into depression in the west and in the east and happiness in personal and in a social context. Recommended listening.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/depression/9786600
Johann Hari's new book and interactive website
https://thelostconnections.com/the-quiz/
Failing to keep up... a 46 per cent increase in people, aged 19 or younger, in Victorian emergency departments for mental health treatment between 2008 (5988 patients) and 2015 (8726).
https://au.educationhq.com/news/48261/surge-in-youth-mental-health-emergencies
Sir Ken Robinson.., a God among mortals ... his message is an unsettling one: our attachment to an industrial model of education is crippling our kids’ potential. It’s stifling creativity, innovation and joy...
https://au.educationhq.com/news/48185/sir-ken-speaks-out-our-school-system-crushes-the-will-to-learn
Skullduggery - War gaming the Science - How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation - The disinformation campaign—and massive radiation increase—behind the 5G rollout.
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-big-wireless-made-us-think-that-cell-phones-are-safe-a-special-investigation/
Harvard Business Review advocating phones away for better concentration.
hbr.org/2018/03/having-your-smartphone-nearby-takes-a-toll-on-your-thinking
Finnish excellence starts with play for children and with autonomy for teachers not with Naplan/pisa testing.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/07/pasi-sahlberg-finland-teach-australian-schools-education
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/swedish-students-support-ban-on-mobile-phones-at-school-2016-8
France bans mobiles in schools and makes each school start a choir!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/france-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-schools-from-september
There are health implications with mobiles, just keeping them in your pockets, let alone next to your ear!
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/dont-keep-cell-phones-next-to-your-body-california-health-department-warns/
Here is research that gets little hearing when it comes to Governments and legislations.
Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five - Studies Early and Late start readers.
Finnish Excellence is an insightful commentary on Education - whats failing and what is achieving.
What Is the Purpose of School? Lillipoh Issue: Spring 2009: Redefining Education - Issue #55, Vol. 14
How America Made Its Children Crazy by Spengler. A sharp review of fifty years of Educational mindset in America with an alternative.