Values-based Education

A Conversation About Leadership, Bravery and Values in Challenging Times

A conversation about leadership, bravery and values in challenging times with Dave Harris, author of Brave Heads and Floyd Woodrow.

55-minute watch

02 Jun 2020

Dave Harris, Floyd Woodrow, Difficult Conversations, Education, Leadership, Personal Leadership, Relationships, School Improvement, Teachers, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Team Building, Watch, What Now Week, Values-based Education

Guest Blog - Rachel Tomlinson on Her Sanction-Free, Reward-Free School

A guest blog from Rachel Tomlinson, headteacher of the award-winning Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire, on why her school is a sanction-free and reward-free zone. Controversially.

Four-minute read

Posted by Guest on 01 May 2020

Education, Leadership, Relationships, Restorative Practice, Schools, Society, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Teaching and Learning, Well-Being, Read, Difficult Conversations, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Peace Building, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Values-based Education

So You Want to Build a New School

We were asked a while back for our thoughts about building a new school from scratch. Drawing on his experience in schools and school systems around the world, these are Ian Gilbert's 32 surprising recommendations.

Four-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 18 Apr 2020

Ian Gilbert, Schools, Society, Activism, Creativity, Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Read, Complexity, Difficult Conversations, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Learning Technologies, Outdoor Learning, Peace Building, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Relationships, School Improvement, Service Learning, Teachers, Values-based Education, Wonder, Well-Being

The Fruits of Kindness

As part of our opening of these blog pages to guest writers for INSET Junction during the Covid-19 school closures, here is a great post by SEND specialist Ginny Bootman on the power of kindness.

Three-minute read

Posted by Guest on 07 Apr 2020

Teachers, Values-based Education, Society, Covid-19, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Relationships, Well-Being, Read

Observations

We asked Associate and Restorative Practice guru Mark Finnis what lessons he had gleaned, heard or observed about relationships, people and communities during this current crisis. Here are 43 truisms he has picked up. So far...

Three-minute read

Posted by Mark Finnis on 06 Apr 2020

Mark Finnis, Restorative Practice, Society, Covid-19, Personal Leadership, Relationships, Read, Difficult Conversations, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, ACEs and Trauma Awareness, Coaching, Education, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Peace Building, Resilience, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Values-based Education, Team Building

On Gratitude

One more from Julie Rees, Associate and head of a wonderful values-based primary schools in deepest Herefordshire. Here she extolls the virtues of being thankful at times like these.

Two-minute read

Posted by Julie Rees on 28 Mar 2020

Julie Rees, Values-based Education, Coaching, Leadership, Schools, Covid-19, Relationships, Read, Well-Being

"I know how you feel.”

Headteacher of a wonderful values-based school and long-time Independent Thinking Associate, Julie Rees continues her exploration of the key values we need to teach, now more than ever.

Two-minute read

Posted by Julie Rees on 26 Mar 2020

Julie Rees, Covid-19, Relationships, Resilience, Well-Being, Values-based Education, Read, Coaching, Leadership, Personal Leadership, Teachers

Resilience

A view on resilience during the current pandemic from inside the schools gates by primary headteacher, professional coach and Associate, Julie Rees, author The Little Book of Values.

Three-minute read

Posted by Julie Rees on 25 Mar 2020

Leadership, Schools, Values-based Education, Julie Rees, Covid-19, Relationships, Read, Coaching, Growth Mindset, Personal Leadership, Teachers

The Six Roles of the Ancient Teacher – Which Will You Be Today?

What can we learn from the ancient teachers of India about the sort of teacher we can be today? A guest post by educator and trainer Valentina Mahesh in India.

Four-minute read

Posted by Guest on 12 Dec 2019

Education, Teachers, Schools, Society, Teaching and Learning, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Relationships, Research, Read, Values-based Education, Wonder

A Corridor of Curiosities

Associate and Primary deputy head Jonathan Lear has helped create a Corridor of Curiosity at his multicultural inner-city primary school. Find out what it is, who inspired him, how he went about it and why he did it.

Five-minute read

Posted by Jonathan Lear on 27 Mar 2019

Wonder, Education, Jonathan Lear, Dr Matthew McFall, Creativity, Neuroscience, Well-Being, Read, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Beyond Differentiation, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Independent Learning, Questioning and Thinking Skills, School Improvement, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Values-based Education

The Sacred Gift of Learning

Our friend and Associate colleague Mike Brearley passed away in October this year. This, one of his last pieces, captures his beliefs about the power of education.

Five-minute read

09 Nov 2018

Education, Bereavement, Leadership, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Values-based Education, Read, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Beyond Differentiation, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Assessment and Feedback

Beyond the Bake Sale Pt II

How one small Barnsley primary school is demonstrating a genuine 'pedagogy of possibility' and making the world better in the process.

Three-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 09 Apr 2018

Ian Gilbert, Activism, Charity, Service Learning, Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Society, Read, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Team Building, Values-based Education, Schools, Relationships, Refugees, Peace Building

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