The Importance of Academic Courage – a brief review
One of my absolute favourite education blogs is Edutopia (). In this post I shall be reviewing a recent post on Academic Courage. I don't mean being able to summon…
Sustainable consumers
Sometimes teachers in (pre-) primary education have the feeling that the curriculum is overloaded . When it comes down to it there seem to be all kind of extra demands…
Teachers’ salaries in Europe
Statistics from the OECD on teachers’ salaries are showing interesting details about the salary differences between primary school teachers and teachers in (upper) secondary. (#indicator-chart). The OECD compared these salaries…
SDGs in Action
The use of mobile platforms to further the ambitions of the SDGs is very clever. A private company in the US has created apps that work both on iPhones and…
Make School About Learning, Not About Grades – a review.
A fascinating article by Starr Sackstein has just appeared in Edweek blogs. In it Sackstein describes a philosophy of teaching and learning that I can really relate to - the difference…
A really interesting report on the future of learning
A report has just come out that looks at cyberlearning and its impact on education Here are five reasons why you should download and read it: The report explains what cyberlearning…
A tribute to Magnus Persson – founder and former president of the LTN.
Those of us who were in Aarhus were privileged to hear Professor Charles Hopkins, one of our dearest friends, read a tribute to our former President and great friend, Magnus…
International GAP Seminar 2018
The International GAP Seminar 2018: 'Immigration and Quality Education', will now take place 26th to 29th of April 2018. You can find all other Seminar-related details on this page.…
Helping your kids stay safe online
Google have produced an awesome set of resources to help your kids to stay safe online. As they say: "To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be…