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Streaming Inspiration

Broaden the curriculum and take a break from screen time with these podcasts, which are great for supporting and inspiring students in a variety of contexts.

26 Mar

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Philosophy and Aspiration: Bringing Thinking Skills to Further Education

A philosophy-based program called askit is helping students at Central Bedfordshire College learn how to ask questions and reason with problems that don’t have clear answers. Professor James Crabbe and Ali Hadawi explain how this program is transforming aspirations for learners at risk of underachieving.

10 Sep

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The Joy of Not Knowing Even More

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK) approach has been proven to develop a lifelong love of learning and intrinsic motivation in children. Now Marcelo Staricoff shows how it is enabling children to become leaders within a whole-school learning environment, which is allowing them to contribute in ways that were previously thought impossible.

9 May

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Freeing Minds

Creating thoughtful, articulate and knowledgeable students is at the heart of a new initiative to balance out the more narrowly focused A Level curriculum. Head Teacher Roland Martin outlines his Free Minds programme.

9 May

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Putting the child into Philosophy For Children

Children are already powerful young people, it’s high time we recognised them as such, explains Sue Lyle.

8 Jan