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Articles written by Independent Thinking Associates and others over the past few years
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So, You Want to Build a New School
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A ten-point plan on how to get BSF right from a school that has done it - and done it under budget, ahead of schedule and achieved their best ever GCSE results in the middle of it.
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I’m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here!
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Sticks are not a commonly used resource in most schools. Images of children getting hurt through being poked in the eye run rife through the heads of many teachers.
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40 'Facts' I Learned at School
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'Imagination is more important than knowledge' according to Einstein. 'I want there to be core curriculum content – facts, knowledge' according to Michael Gove. One of them is a genius who changed the course of the world, the other is Michael Gove
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Lured into Learning
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Secondary school teachers know the importance of a good lesson ‘starter’ – one that intrigues the children and pushes them to ask questions. Hywel Roberts explains why ‘lures’ are so important – and how to find good ones.
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Human Armoury
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When I work with groups of Newly Qualified Teachers I always like to ask if any of them have been advised to ‘not smile until Christmas’. To my amazement, many still put up their hands.
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What impact can Neuro-Linguistic Programming have within the classroom?
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And don't take our word for it. Here is what one teacher 'convert' has to say about the application of certain NLP strategies in her own practice at school.
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Turning Your School Inside Out
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Here is a tip for you from Will Ryan. If your horse drops dead dismount. Don’t keep flogging the proverbial dead horse
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Inside Out Schools Jim Rose and the Rabbit Keeping Curriculum
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An article written for NPH Magazine spring 2009 by Will Ryan
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The Challenge of the Able Child
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Seminal article by G&T guru Dr David George
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Doodle Day
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The power of doodling in lessons - as told to us by an art teacher in an inner city school
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