Being interested in what you’re doing makes everything better Interest is a powerful psychological state. It makes us feel energetic and excited, fully engaged and...
A study by psychologists at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver examines the impact of structured and unstructured time on the executive functions...
New research on curiosity has added another layer of knowledge to our understanding of how qualities such as interest, personal involvement and curiosity drive learning...
A school system overly focused on siloed subjects is one of threats facing the cultural and creative industries The Cultural and Creative Industries – industries...
Tony Wagner, educational expert (with many years of experience of hands on teaching and many more at Harvard), says schools are obsolete “We still talk...
Conventional schooling makes learning mathematics an entirely cerebral exercise unrelated to the real world, but it really doesn’t have to be Maths can be learnt...
Former head of GCHQ: Children learn about the virtual world via play and exploration, and attempts to limit access is damaging this important learning The...
The Washington Post published a brilliant essay by filmmaker, writer and unschooler Carol Black on what we have forgotten about how children learn What the...
Reading logs and mandated reading are intended to give children the benefits which enthusiastic recreational readers enjoy. A study published in the Journal of Research...