Collaborative Learning

In This Revolutionary College Students Manage Their Own Learning

How far can students be left to organise their own learning, with teachers stepping back into the role of facilitators? All the way, asserts head Ian Cunningham

The Self-Managed Learning (SML) College caters for up to 42, 9 to 16-year-olds who are not in school. The students have chosen not to be in school for a wide variety of reasons. In some cases, because parents want to use a different approach to school and in other cases young people found school impossible, due to bullying, their autism or other factors producing increased stress and anxiety.

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Leadership

Collaborative Learning

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Leadership

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If Your Students Find Maths Difficult, Read This!

13 May 2019

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Inclusion

Olympic and Paralympic Values - What Have They Ever Done For Us?

17 Apr 2018