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‘Unprecedented’ One of the most apt words to describe our current reality seems like a good place to start. As COVID-19 has spread, so has misinformation, confusion and the general ‘psychological and sociological fog’ of understanding ways in which we…
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The Psychology behind Sticky Notes and how to effectively use them in teaching practice to encourage Collaborative Learning Sticky Notes: An accident that turned out to be a huge benefit to teachers! In 1968, Chemist Spencer Silver invented sticky notes by…
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) enables educators to keep up-to-date with knowledge in their field as well as with the newest pedagogical approaches. CPD offers newly qualified teachers an opportunity to explore a variety of new methods and techniques (in addition to the standard theories and techniques outlined on a…
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I am excited to be once again presenting a workshop with inspiring educators, this time at the Leicester Teaching and Learning Autumn Conference #TeachCon17 on Friday 10 November 2017 . The leaves are falling and signalling change and as we move into a new season, a new…
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Leicester Teaching and Learning Summer Conference 2017 at The City of Leicester College, Leicester On Saturday 24 June 2017 I am excited to be presenting a workshop with inspiring educators at the Leicester Teaching and Learning Summer Conference #LTaLSC17. Learning new things,…
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Promoting psychology as a Chartered Psychologist and representative of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and as an academic at a college and several universities over the last few years has allowed me to observe the growing interest in the discipline…
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“Can I have a model answer please sir?” A question I sometimes get asked in Psychology lessons from my students. I am pretty reluctant to simply just give them the model answer just like that and without working for it! This…
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Kahoot! is an online learning game-based tool, which consists of multiple choice questions in the format of a quiz, discussion or survey. It is projected at the front of the classroom, and played by the whole class together in real-time (with students answering…
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“When inspiration does not come to meet me, I go halfway to meet it.” – Sigmund Freud
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” – Stephen King