Teaching as Inquiry -some relevant links

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4 april staff meeting from Catriona Chrystall

Interesting Stuff! The "Why' is so important.

Following on from "Do Schools Kill Creativity"? and his book "The Element" Sir Ken Robinson gives this TED talk about education. He talks about the fast food model of education where everyone is pushed in a linear way towards academic achievement, where passion is killed, talent is never discovered and where people try to reform a broken model rather than transform and revolutionise by personalising learning. Lastly he reminds us of our responsibility as educators through the reading of Yeats poem

Impact of video games on learning

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask. 

Daphne Bavelier studies how the brain adapts to changes in experience, either by nature or by training.Full bio »